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Times Editorial Warns of Blowback from EU Funding Threats
June 25, 2018
An editorial in The New York Times warns that proposals within the EU institutions to respond to threats to the rule of law in EU member states by cutting their access to development funding would only embolden the leaders of these countries in their criticisms of the liberal, "know-it-all" West.
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Peers Seek "Limited" ECJ Oversight After Brexit
June 25, 2018
A recent report issued by the UK House of Lords' EU Committee calls for the UK government to accept "specified and limited" jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to continue dealing with EU agencies after Brexit and laments that the loss of ECJ jurisdiction will "weaken" the rights of British individuals.
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Belgian PM Seeks Rule of Law "Peer Review" in EU
June 22, 2018
Politico reports that Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has called for a "peer review" system among European countries to review potential threats to the rule of law in the region, arguing that such a mechanism would sidestep national sovereignty concerns inherent in a process that centers in the EU institutions.
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EU Struggles to Confront Migration Crisis
June 20, 2018
Lorne Cooke writes that policies on the treatment of migrants from North Africa and the Middle East are serving as the foremost wedge driving apart EU member states and could throw the supranational bloc into political disarray.
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Austria Seeks External Migration Centers Outside EU Structures
June 13, 2018
EUobserver reports that, in an effort to revive support for free movement rules within the Schengen area in light of mass migration, a group of EU member states led by Austria is negotiating a proposal to fund migrant camps outside the EU through which asylum seekers could apply to enter the bloc.
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