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Now playing Next world news Which countries have the worst income inequality in Europe? Wide inequalities in the distribution of income were apparent in the EU in 2016. Data by Eurostat shows that the top 20% of the population, those with the highest disposable income, received 5.2 times as much income as the bottom 20%. 26/04/2018
Now playing Next Europe News Austria: a threat to EU values? With the swearing in of a new Chancellor, and becoming the only Western European country with a far-right party in power, should the EU be concerned about Austria? 18/12/2017
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