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How EU rules are getting in the way of progressive public policy – and how cities are fighting back

This week the European Commission made a new push to limit cities’ rights to promote sustainable local development and social justice.

By Olivier Hoedeman
How EU rules are getting in the way of progressive public policy – and how cities are fighting back
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This article is part of the series Cities versus Multinationals by the European Network of Corporate Observatories (ENCO).

Some European cities are trying to use their spending power – via public tendering – to promote social justice and environmental goals. However, this is in a context of neoliberal EU procurement directives that were designed to promote a single market for public procurement, where contracts go to the bidder with the lowest price.

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