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EU Risks Blowback over Threats to Poland
January 09, 2018
An article in The Economist highlights the dilemma faced by the EU institutions in threatening to punish Poland for rule-of-law violations involved in the government's changes to the country's judicial system, as Polish officials dismiss such opposition to its reforms as unwarranted foreign meddling.
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CoE Official: Gender Pay Gap is Rights Violation
January 08, 2018
The Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks labeled as a "human rights violation" the failure of CoE member states to implement international standards eliminating discrimination against women on the basis of pay, calling for governments to adopt "political, cultural and economic measures" to end the gender pay gap.
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Article Questions Plans for Post-Brexit "Implementation" Period
January 08, 2018
Michael Burrage of Economists for Free Trade and the think tank Civitas writes that the UK government has failed to explain why it is necessary to agree with the EU to a two-year "implementation" period delaying Britain's exit from EU institutions at considerable cost to British taxpayers.
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Officials Consider Creation of EU-UK Trade Tribunal
January 08, 2018
The Express reports that UK government officials are considering a proposal to establish a new international tribunal after Brexit to resolve trade disputes between the EU and Britain and replace the authority of the Court of Justice of the EU over the UK.
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UK Lawmaker Criticizes Plans for Post-Brexit "Transition"
January 08, 2018
UK Member of Parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg has called on the UK government to avoid making Britain a "vassal" state during a planned transition period after Brexit by accepting EU regulations and the jurisdiction of the EU Court of Justice without having a say over legislation in the bloc.
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