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UK House of Lords Pushes for EU Customs Membership
May 23, 2018
The BBC reports on the recent vote of the UK House of Lords to amend the government's EU withdrawal bill to require officials to inform Parliament about the steps they have taken to negotiate the UK's continued membership in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.
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EU Data-Protection Rules Aim for Global Standard-Setting
May 22, 2018
An article by Emily Stewart of Vox examines the global reach of the EU's new data-protection regime, which enters into force this week and whose strict standards purport to control the activities of many major American tech companies that engage in transactions with European users.
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Legislators Criticize Closed Process for EC Appointment
May 22, 2018
The European Parliament has adopted a report calling on the European Commission (EC) to reassess the appointment of Martin Selmayr as the EC's Secretary-General, finding that the process of his selection was not transparent but rejecting an amendment calling for Selmayr to relinquish his title pending any such review.
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NGO Pushes EC Not to Accept Polish Compromise
May 22, 2018
Philippe Dam of Human Rights Watch has called on the European Commission (EC) not to accept "cosmetic changes" to Poland's laws reforming the judiciary as sufficient progress in acceding to EU demands on the rule-of-law situation in the country, pushing the EC to "insist" that Poland fully implement all EU recommendations to resolve the conflict over the courts.
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EP Approves Measure on Party Transparency
May 22, 2018
The European Parliament (EP) has approved a set of proposals requiring greater transparency in EU-wide elections, including a requirement that national political parties include on their websites the logo and platform of their European affiliate and the "gender balance" of the party's membership in the EP.
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