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UK Parliament Votes Against May’s Brexit Strategy
February 15, 2019
The UK Parliament has voted against Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy to seek concessions from EU negotiators on the UK-EU withdrawal deal, as members of the euroskeptic European Research Group abstained from the vote due to the inclusion of a provision aiming to avoid a no-deal Brexit.
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EU Law Requires Internet Platforms to Pay for Content
February 15, 2019
Bloomberg reports that EU institutions have agreed to a new copyright law that will require online platforms to pay creators of protected content that appears on their websites, including long fragments of news articles appearing as previews in search results, or remove it.
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EU Members Mull Long Brexit Delay
February 15, 2019
The Express reports that, according to an EU diplomat, French President Emmanuel Macron is supporting a nine-month delay in Brexit to permit more time for negotiations, a move that would require the UK to participate in European parliamentary elections this May.
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EU Institutions Agree to Bloc-Wide Pension Product
February 14, 2019
The European Parliament and diplomats from EU member states have reached a deal to advance legislation creating a “pan-European personal pension product” as another step toward the EU’s ongoing centralization of financial regulation in a Capital Markets Union.
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Britain Warns EU of Impacts of No-Deal Brexit on Defense
February 14, 2019
The Huffington Post reports that UK officials are warning diplomats from EU member states that a no-deal Brexit could lead to a degradation of defense relations between Britain and the EU.
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