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UK Committee Seeks EU-Style Environmental Watchdog
August 01, 2018
The Guardian reports that the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has called for the establishment after Brexit of an Environmental Enforcement and Audit Office to assess environmental impacts of legislation and to continue the strict enforcement of environmental standards currently implemented by the European Commission.
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UK Official Threatens to Hold Back EU “Divorce” Payment
August 01, 2018
Business Insider reports that UK Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has threatened to withhold funds from the EU as part of the agreed Brexit “divorce bill” if the EU and UK fail to strike a trade deal during negotiations over Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc.
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Rees-Mogg Predicts “No-Deal” Brexit
July 31, 2018
The Guardian reports that, following the EU’s critiques of the British government’s latest negotiating position, the head of the UK’s euroskeptic European Research Group Jacob Rees-Mogg has asserted that the likeliest outcome of the UK-EU Brexit negotiations is withdrawal from the bloc without a deal on customs or trade.
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Barnier: UK Financial Market Demands Would Violate EU Law
July 31, 2018
Investment Week reports that the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has warned that the UK government’s negotiating position on a Brexit deal calling for provisions permitting British financial service companies to retain enhanced access to EU markets would violate the EU’s “decision making autonomy.”
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Libya Rejects EU Plans for External Migrant Processing Centers
July 31, 2018
The Guardian reports that the Libyan government has rejected a plan agreed by EU member states to establish migrant processing centers in the country to cut down on the number of migrants from Africa attempting the journey to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea.
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