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FRA: Poverty Is a Rights Violation
November 21, 2017
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has warned EU member states that allowing people to live in poverty is a violation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and has called for governments to use the European Pillar of Social Rights as a "starting point" to address these rights violations in Europe.
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Germany, Denmark Seek EU Extension on Border Controls
November 21, 2017
EUobserver reports that, due to "a considerable amount of illegal migration" and terrorism concerns, Germany and Denmark have notified the European Commission that they intend to extend border controls along their normally passport-free Schengen borders by six months.
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EC Seeks Completed Banking Union in 2018
November 20, 2017
EUobserver reports that the European Commission (EC) is seeking to use a recent push for legislation on EU banking rules to complete the EU's planned Banking Union, first proposed in 2012, by the end of the year 2018, as it seeks to eliminate financial ties between banks and the governments of their countries.
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EC Proposes Weakened Rules on Bad Loans
November 20, 2017
Reuters reports that the European Commission (EC) has weakened proposals pushing shared responsibility for bad loans across EU member states, seeing to placate Germany by requiring the member state in which the loans are located to take responsibility before authorizing EU involvement.
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UK Risks Support of Brexit Voters over ECJ Arrangements
November 20, 2017
British political commentator Mark Wallace explains his concerns about UK Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for a post-Brexit transition period during which Britain remains within the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ), warning that pro-Brexit voters will bridle at a seeming "sleight of hand" keeping the UK under the rule of EU institutions.
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