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World Service,29 May 2014,55 mins

New MEPs Arrive in Brussels

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As new far right MEPs take up their seats in Brussels, are European politicians facing a crisis of legitimacy? And, how do you feel about self-driving cars? Google is building one from the ground up. But will people buy it? Presenter Jon Bithrey, discuss these and other issues with special guests Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues in San Francisco and Alex Frangos of the Wall Street Journal, in Hong Kong. Also, a group of four authors have collaborated on a single novel called Keeping Mum. We ask them how it's possible to keep such a large group focused on a single plot. Jennifer Pak reports from Kuala Lumpur on why Cadbury's is having to recall its products in Malaysia, and Bridget Carey - a senior editor at CNET - explains why Apple have paid $3 billion for Beats by Dre.

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