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EU Members Seek Status Quo Brexit Transition
January 17, 2018
The Independent reports that, according to draft negotiating directives from EU member states to the European Commission's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, the EU governments are calling for a post-Brexit transition arrangement with the UK that maintains free movement between the EU and UK and requires EU approval of any British free trade deals.
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EU Convenes High-Level Group on Achieving SDGs
January 17, 2018
The European Commission's "high-level" platform of nongovernmental organizations, academics, businesses, and others formed to recommend the path toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the EU level assembled for the first time last week to discuss, among other things, how to "mainstream" the SDGs in the EU's financial strategy.
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ECtHR: Failure to Limit Street Noise Violated Rights
January 17, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the authorities in the City of Valencia, Spain, violated the right of a man to respect for his home and private life by failing to reduce noise levels from establishments in the man's neighborhood at night.
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French Official Seeks Ambition in EU Banking Union Plans
January 17, 2018
Reuters reports that French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has called on EU leaders to finalize new steps toward completing the EU banking union, including by introducing new financial regulations and harmonizing tax rules across the eurozone, by the beginning of the year 2019.
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Leaders in Hungary, Ireland Oppose EU Tax Harmonization
January 17, 2018
New Europe reports that, at a recent news conference, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar opposed calls from other EU leaders to centralize the administration of corporate tax rules within the bloc.
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