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Poland Defends Broad Changes to Judiciary
March 22, 2018
Politico reports that the Polish government is responding to the legal process launched by the European Commission relating to changes to the country's judicial system by producing a publication explaining how these reforms are in line with those of other legal systems throughout the EU.
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Academic: Brexit Must Mean Leaving EU Customs Union
March 22, 2018
Professor Vernon Bogdanor of King's College London writes that remaining part of a customs union with the EU while not being a member of the bloc is not a viable option for Britain.
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ECtHR Further Delineates Employee Privacy Rights
March 22, 2018
A recent holding of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that French national railway company SNCF did not violate an employee's right to privacy by secretly searching files not specifically marked "private" on the employee's computer illustrates the growing issue of the propriety of public and private employer surveillance at the ECtHR.
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Brexit Transition Deal Includes Extension of Free Movement
March 21, 2018
UK and EU negotiators have announced an agreement on a Brexit "transition" arrangement during which Britain would continue to apply EU rules, including those requiring free movement of EU citizens to the UK, for nearly two years after the country's scheduled date of departure from the bloc.
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Rees-Mogg Criticizes Brexit Transition Negotiating Paper
March 21, 2018
The Independent reports that head of the UK euroskeptic parliamentary European Research Group Jacob Rees-Mogg recently criticized the plans of British negotiators for a transition period under which the UK would extend its application of EU rules, as the plans did not suggest a time limit and would not shield the UK from the EU principle of free movement.