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Official Finds Exclusive ECJ Jurisdiction over Certain Bank Decisions
July 23, 2018
Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona has asserted that the EU court system has the exclusive authority to review the work of national banks preparing decisions on whether to authorize acquisitions and increases in qualifying holdings in financial institutions.
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CoE Committee Guides Norway on Minority Languages
July 23, 2018
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) expert committee for the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages has issued recommendations on how Norwegian authorities must do more to promote regional and minority languages “at all appropriate levels” in the country.
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CoE Body Critiques Ireland on Judicial Independence
July 23, 2018
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Group of States against Corruption has critiqued Irish legislation setting up a judicial appointments commission that would include a majority of non-judges as a potential violation of European standards on judicial independence.
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CoE Official Warns Europe on Migrant Rights
July 23, 2018
The Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has issued a statement warning that European countries and EU institutions are failing to prioritize international human rights law in their development of migration and asylum policies.
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UK Legislators Reject EU Customs Backstop
July 18, 2018
The Guardian reports that the UK House of Commons rejected an amendment to Brexit legislation that would have required Britain to remain in a customs union with the EU if the government reached no agreement on free trade with the bloc by 2019.
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