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EC Proposes New Mandates for Online Companies
July 09, 2018
The law firm Covington & Burling has published an analysis of the European Commission's (EC) recent proposal for an e-Evidence Initiative that would grant law-enforcement officers of EU member states new tools to access data across the globe and would require online-service providers to maintain a data officer in each member state.
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EU Summit Reaches Limited Deal on Refugee Centers
June 29, 2018
Politico reports that leaders of EU institutions and member states have secured a deal to create voluntary "controlled centers" in the EU to process and house asylum seekers, including aspirational language on limiting the free movement of asylum seekers throughout the EU and setting up migrant centers outside the bloc's borders.
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UK Proposes Broad Security Arrangement with EU
June 28, 2018
The UK government recently published a document describing its desired framework for partnering with the EU on security matters after Brexit as a wide-ranging strategy that "goes beyond any existing third country arrangements."
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CoE Launches Five-Year Gender Equality Strategy
June 28, 2018
At a conference in Copenhagen in May, the Council of Europe (CoE) launched a Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023 "to remove barriers in achieving substantive and full gender equality" between men and women across Europe.
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EC Presents Increased Budget Contingent on "Rule of Law"
June 28, 2018
In a recent press release, the European Commission (EC) explains its proposal for an increased 2021 to 2027 EU budget to cover a range of priorities despite the departure of Britain from the bloc and the decision to create a new budgetary mechanism permitting the withdrawal of development funds from countries perceived as violating rule-of-law principles.
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