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UK, EFTA, Switzerland Agree Deals on Citizens’ Rights
January 09, 2019
The UK government has reached deals with European Free Trade Area (EFTA) countries and with Switzerland to protect the rights of each other’s citizens and to retain cooperation on other justice and trade issues in the event of the failure of the UK and EU to reach an agreement on the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the bloc.
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Lawyer: “No-Deal” Brexit Risks Right to Life in UK
January 09, 2019
The Independent reports that UK human rights lawyer Jonathan Cooper has asserted that the withdrawal of the UK from the EU without establishing terms of the separation would be in violation of the UK’s international human rights treaty obligations because such a move would expose British citizens to the risk of death.
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UK, Switzerland Agree Post-Brexit Trade Deal
January 09, 2019
The UK government and the Swiss Federal Council have agreed, subject to approval by the countries’ parliaments, to implement a transitional free-trade agreement after Brexit that largely replicates the current trade arrangements between the two countries.
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EU Official: “No-Deal Brexit” Would Require Germany to Plug Budget Hole
January 08, 2019
Deutsche Welle reports that European Commissioner for the budget Günther Oettinger has warned that Britain’s and the EU’s failure to approve a withdrawal deal would require the German government to pay hundreds of millions of euros extra into the EU budget to cover the funding gap produced by Brexit.
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Legal Expert Pushes ECtHR to Overturn Blasphemy Decision
January 08, 2019
Constitutional law expert Dr. Tommaso Virgili calls on the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to overturn a decision upholding Austria’s right to convict a woman over insulting comments about Islam’s prophet Muhammad, presenting extensive arguments against the enforcement of laws against “blasphemy” in Europe.
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