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Article: Franco-German Proposals Risk Unraveling EU
April 17, 2018
Corey Cooper of the Council on Foreign Relations writes that Franco-German proposals for accelerated centralization of policy-making in Brussels "are not based in political reality" and asserts that only "inclusive and democratic" reform, on a gradual basis, will succeed in uniting Europeans behind the EU project.
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EU Legislators: Brexit Transition Must Respect Free Movement
April 16, 2018
The Independent reports that leaders of the major European Parliament political groupings have backed a motion demanding that the UK respect in full the EU's principle of freedom of movement during any post-Brexit transition period, meaning citizens of EU countries could move to the UK and potentially claim a right to remain after the transition.
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EP Report Seeks Post-Brexit UK-EU Regulatory Convergence
April 16, 2018
Politico reports that Members of the European Parliament (EP) have drafted a resolution calling for the UK to accept a "binding convergence mechanism" requiring it to abide by EU rules and judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) as part of any comprehensive post-Brexit trade deal with the bloc.
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EU Moves Toward Centralization of Wage Policies
April 16, 2018
Deutsche Welle reports that negotiators for EU member states recently agreed a set of broad principles underlying the centralization of policy for posted workers in the EU, proposing reforms that would generally require equality in wages between workers temporarily working in a country and workers who permanently reside in that country.
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EU Council Outlines Roadmap Toward Military Cooperation
April 13, 2018
In March, the Council of the EU adopted an implementation roadmap for the EU's Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) agreement, a deal among 25 EU member states through which they will implement military cooperation as one of the initial steps toward the EU's planned Defence Union.
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