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EU Chief Raises Customs Union as Alternative to Brexit Backstop
January 31, 2019
The Guardian reports that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker informed UK Prime Minister Theresa May that the price of revisiting a provision in the EU-UK withdrawal deal aimed at avoiding border checks in Ireland would be agreeing to form a customs union with the EU.
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EC Report Pushes back on “Investor Citizenship” Policies
January 31, 2019
The European Commission (EC) has produced a report warning of the risks involved with practices in EU member states of awarding citizenship in return for financial investments and threatening countries with legal action on the basis of failure to comply with common EU rules on scrutinizing visa and citizenship applications.
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MPs Propose Brexit Compromise to Avoid Irish Border “Backstop”
January 31, 2019
Politico reports that Members of Parliament (MPs) from the governing UK Conservative Party representing a broad range of views on Brexit have agreed a common position on a replacement to the Irish backstop provision in the Brexit withdrawal deal that would focus on installing free trade arrangements to avoid a “hard border” in Ireland.
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EP Measure Seeks Ideology-Based Limit on Party Groupings
January 31, 2019
Politico reports that the European Parliament is voting this week on a measure that would limit EP political party groupings, which receive EU resources and privileges in the body, to coalitions of national parties perceived to share a “political affinity,” sparking objections that the measure targets recently formed euroskeptic party groupings.
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EC Advances Sanctions Process on Hungary’s Refugee Laws
January 31, 2019
The European Commission (EC) has sent a “reasoned opinion” to Hungary demanding changes to the country’s laws restricting applications from asylum seekers and criminalizing those who help with such applications as the second step in the bloc’s sanctions process for alleged violations of EU law.
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