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EC Threatens Hearings on Rule of Law in Poland
May 16, 2018
The European Commission's (EC) First Vice-President Frans Timmermans has warned the Government of Poland that if it fails to roll back controversial changes to the Polish judicial system by the end of June, the EC will initiate a hearing before the European Council to determine whether to consider sanctions against the country.
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Experts Deride EU Plans for "Electronic Person" Status
May 16, 2018
A group of experts has published a letter to the European Commission characterizing the body's plans, under pressure from a European Parliament report, to publish a proposal establishing a new legal status of "electronic persons" as "ideological and nonsensical and non-pragmatic" and as a breach of human rights law.
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EU Committee Report Calls for Sanctions on Hungary
May 16, 2018
Bloomberg reports that the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee is considering the adoption of a draft report calling on EU institutions to initiate a sanctions process against Hungary that could result in the country's government losing its EU voting rights, due to what the report says is the government's "clear risk of a serious breach" of the bloc's democratic values.
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CoE Group Objects to Romanian Justice Legislation
May 15, 2018
A report from the Council of Europe's (CoE) Group of States against Corruption objects to the expedited passage in Romania of legislation reforming the country's justice system and warns that certain provisions could weaken the independence of prosecutors and go beyond EU standards on the presumption of innocence, thereby endangering international justice cooperation.
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EC Turns up Pressure for Bank Capitalization Rules
May 15, 2018
Reuters reports that the European Commission (EC) is pushing for the advancement of new bank capitalization rules before European parliamentary elections next year, in a push to further the bloc's plans for an EU Banking Union even as the international Basel Committee is moving toward a deal on new capitalization rules that could make the EU rules obsolete.
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