European Institutions

Switzerland Retaliates Against EU Equivalence Announcement

June 25, 2019

Reuters reports that, in the latest dispute over the stalled EU-Switzerland partnership treaty, the Swiss government says it will retaliate against the EU’s refusal to extend an equivalence determination permitting EU companies to trade on Swiss stock exchanges by blocking EU exchanges from trading Swiss shares.
ECtHR: Bosnia’s Detention of Syrian Man Violated Rights

June 25, 2019

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Bosnia and Herzegovina had violated the right to liberty and security of a Syrian national it held in detention and attempted to deport for several years because it must have been clear to authorities that no safe country would admit the man, who was classified as a national security risk.
NGO Report Identifies “Alternative Arrangements” for Irish Border

June 24, 2019

The nongovernmental organization Prosperity UK has published a report identifying potential arrangements UK and EU leaders could pursue to ensure that Britain can establish an independent trade policy and that Ireland can avoid infrastructure along its border with Northern Ireland after Brexit.
UK Lawmakers Push for Post-Brexit Trade Deal with India

June 24, 2019

The Guardian reports that the UK House of Commons’ foreign affairs committee has highlighted the opportunity of facilitating immigration by skilled workers and students from India to help secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the country after Britain withdraws from the EU.
Central European Leaders Oppose EU Climate Target

June 21, 2019

Reuters reports that leaders from Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary refused to back the inclusion of a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050 in a final statement from an EU summit, citing the potential harm to their economies of a clampdown on fossil fuels.