Back to the drawing board: lawyers call for UPC ‘soul searching’

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Back to the drawing board: lawyers call for UPC ‘soul searching’

Max Walters
March 24 2020
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Lawyers across Europe say the UPC project could be open to future challenges even if the German parliament meets the required two-thirds majority

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