Democracy Impacts

Australian PM Calls for Quick Trade Deal with UK

July 12, 2017

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans to conclude a comprehensive free trade deal with the UK as soon as the country is free to sign such an agreement after its departure from the EU.
Telegraph: UK Must Walk away from Any "Bad" Brexit Deal

July 11, 2017

An editorial in The Telegraph asserts that, given the combative negotiating stance of other EU member states toward Brexit-related issues such as the size of Britain's "divorce bill," the UK Government must make clear that it is willing to walk away from the EU with no deal.
Italian Paper Seeks "Supranational" EU Legislators

July 10, 2017

The Daily Telegraph reports that a paper presented by the Italian government to a recent meeting of EU ministers calls for the 73 seats in the European Parliament that will become vacant as a result of Brexit to be shifted to representatives of the entire EU "constituency," in an effort toward "strengthening the sense of 'togetherness'" of nationals throughout the supranational bloc.
EU Seeks Continued ECJ Authority over UK

July 05, 2017

The Guardian reports that a paper developed by the EU's Brexit taskforce calls for the continued authority of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to “request a lump sum or a penalty payment” from the UK government in cases of a violation of the rights of EU citizens following Britain's departure from the bloc.
Official Predicts Advancement of EU Military Efforts

June 29, 2017

Following a recent meeting of EU defense ministers in Malta, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini asserted that defense cooperation, toward the creation of some form of common military structure, "is one of the fields where European Union integration is advancing the most."
German Paper Seeks Vote on Brexit Transition Deal

June 23, 2017

Politico reports that a policy paper from the research service of the German Parliament is calling for the EU to grant a vote to national and regional parliaments in EU member states on any transitional deal on the UK's departure from the EU with complex provisions affecting domestic policy areas.
UK Officials Predict EU Budget Demands

June 20, 2017

The Telegraph reports that UK officials are expecting EU negotiators to demand that Britain pay significant sums of money into the EU budget until the year 2020 - a year following the country's expected departure from the bloc - before Brexit talks can turn to negotiations over the future relationship between the UK and EU.
UK Education Committee Seeks Residency Guarantee

June 19, 2017

A recent report from the UK House of Commons Education Committee calls on the British Government to unilaterally guarantee the residency rights of citizens of other EU countries working in UK higher education and to remove overseas students from migration targets at the start of the country's negotiation of its exit from the EU.
EU Commission Pushes for Eurozone Treasury

June 07, 2017

CNBC reports that the European Commission has announced a set of proposals to hasten the full integration of the eurozone through the establishment of a common treasury for countries that use the euro currency, to be overseen by an EU finance minister, and by bundling national debts into common financial assets.
Malta Proposes EU Tax for Refugee Rejection

June 02, 2017

Reuters reports that the government of Malta recently proposed a new EU policy toward asylum seekers during times of heightened migration to the bloc under which the EU would pay member states 60,000 euros for each refugee they take above a prescribed quota and tax member states 60,000 euros per refugee they fail to take in violation of the quota.