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EU Lawmakers Pass Copyright Rules on Internet Content
April 22, 2019
Business Insider reports that the European Parliament has adopted new rules placing more responsibility on internet platforms to police user content to ensure it does not contain copyright violations and to pay publishers for the privilege of showing previews of web content.
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FRA Reviews National Uses of EU “Bill of Rights”
April 22, 2019
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has released a series of country-by-country reviews examining how each EU member state has used the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in an effort by the FRA to promote the document, which includes social and economic rights, as a “Bill of Rights” for Europe.
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EU Institutions Agree to Bolster Authority of Financial Supervisors
April 22, 2019
In another step toward EU officials’ goal of forming a centrally governed Capital Markets Union, the European Parliament and EU governments have broadly agreed on the reinforcement of powers of the finance-focused European Supervisory Agencies that “keeps pace with further integration” of the eurozone.
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UK Lawmaker: PM Must Remain “Servant of the People” on Brexit
April 22, 2019
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis MP argues that the UK Prime Minister’s first responsibility is to the British people, who voted in favor of leaving the EU, and that she must therefore refuse to be bound by any parliamentary vote seeking to contradict the outcome of the Brexit referendum in 2016.
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UK Chancellor: New Brexit Referendum Deserves Consideration
April 22, 2019
The Independent reports that UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has argued the proposal for a second Brexit referendum that could override the outcome of the first “deserves to be considered along with the other proposals” the UK Parliament is debating.
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