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Barnier Rejects UK Approach to Post-Brexit Trade Deal
April 23, 2018
Bloomberg reports that the European Commission's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has rejected the major points of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's plan for a UK-EU trade deal after Brexit, indicating the EU needs legal commitments from Britain to maintain EU regulatory standards in all areas to secure a wide-ranging trade agreement.
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Irish Court Provokes Rule-of-Law Debate with EAW Case
April 23, 2018
The Irish Times reports that a former Polish judge is describing "as a nuclear bomb and a good day for the rule of law" the referral by an Irish court to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) of the question whether Ireland must comply with a Polish removal request under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) regime due to Poland's recent judicial changes.
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Salvini Predicts Triumph of Euroskeptics in EU Parliament
April 23, 2018
Politico reports that the head of Italy's Northern League Party Matteo Salvini, who may be a part of a coalition government following the recent Italian elections, has called for a roll-back in European federalism and predicted a crumbling of the current governing axis of center-right and socialist parties in the European Parliament in favor of a euroskeptic majority.
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EC's Digital Tax Proposal Divides EU
April 20, 2018
Politico reports that the European Commission's (EC) proposed plan to temporarily tax digital revenue is sharply dividing the EU member nations, as governments of countries with the smallest economies oppose the idea because they fear it will not provide them a "fair share" of the tax revenue.
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EU Official Calls for "Concrete" Roll-back of Polish Judicial Reforms
April 20, 2018
While allowing that the EU has no mandate to decide whether Poland has a "right to reform its judicial system," European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans asserted that the only way the EU-Poland conflict can be resolved is through "concrete" amendments to the Polish judicial legislation.
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