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UK’s Brexit Bill Could Remove Right to Sue Government
August 17, 2017
The Independent reports that the UK Parliament’s latest draft of a bill that would cause the country to leave the EU includes a provision that would take away the right for British citizens to sue the UK government for damages resulting from government activity, a method of redress currently allowed under EU case law.
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Irish Official Criticizes EU's Apple Tax Demand
August 17, 2017
In a recent interview, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe criticized the European Commission's demand that Ireland collect €13 billion from tech giant Apple in back taxes and warned that the EU should be focusing on completing its banking union rather than establishing a eurozone budget and finance minister.
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German Court Refers Asset-Purchase Challenge to ECJ
August 16, 2017
Reuters reports that the German Federal Constitutional Court has referred a legal challenge of the European Central Bank's (ECB) $2.7 trillion asset-purchase scheme to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ), expressing doubt that the policy, commonly known as quantitative easing, is within the ECB's mandate under EU law.
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UK Plans "Invisible" Post-Brexit Border with Ireland
August 16, 2017
The Guardian reports that the UK Government is publishing a paper setting out its plans to negotiate an open border with Ireland that requires no new border posts and allows goods and people to move freely into Northern Ireland.
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UK Sets out Options on EU Customs Deal
August 15, 2017
UK Brexit Secretary David Davis writes that a new position paper released by the British Government sets out two options for "ambitious new customs arrangements with the EU" after Brexit, the first creating a "highly streamlined" customs border between the UK and EU and the second forming a new customs union with the bloc.
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