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EU Supports Spanish Position on Catalan Referendum
October 20, 2017
Following the violent intervention of Spanish authorities against citizens attempting to vote in the recent Catalan independence referendum, the EU issued a brief statement calling the vote illegal and the response to the vote "an internal matter for Spain," while venturing that, beyond the legal issues involves, this is not the time for "divisiveness and fragmentation."
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Johnson Highlights Brexit "Red Lines"
October 20, 2017
In a recent interview with The Sun, UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson set out what he considers to be "red lines" in the UK's Brexit negotiations with the EU - a transition period lasting no more than two years and refusal to recognize EU court rulings, pay for market access, and "shadow" EU rules after the transition period.
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Former ECJ Judge Critiques EU Approach to Brexit
October 19, 2017
Former Belgian Judge at the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Franklin Dehousse writes that the EU's decision to sequence Brexit negotiations with the UK so questions of financial obligations and citizens' rights come first is not legally required and warns that it "makes the negotiations more difficult by disconnecting connected topics."
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Paper: Macron's EU Speech Will Face Opposition
October 19, 2017
Aarti Shankar of British think tank Open Europe explains why the expansive proposals announced by French President Emmanuel Macron in a recent speech on the future of the EU, ranging from the integration of security policy to the level of minimum wage, will provoke opposition from countries that fear "greater marginalisation and underrepresentation in the bloc."
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EC Proposes Further Centralization of Finance Supervision
October 19, 2017
In its move toward a full-fledged Capital Markets Union, the European Commission (EC) has proposed a reform of the EU's financial regulation that will result in more centralized supervisory power in supranational banking authorities and the promotion of "sustainable finance" to further the social and environmental goals of the UN.
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