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ECtHR: Halving Disability Benefits Violated Property Rights
August 14, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the Hungarian government violated a woman's right to her possessions by reducing her disability benefit by half as part of a national change in the methodology for the assessment of a disability, which the ECtHR asserted imposed an "excessive individual burden" on the woman.
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Moody's: "No Deal" Brexit Risks UK Credit Rating
August 14, 2017
Business Insider reports that Moody's has published a report warning that if the UK and EU do not reach an agreement on a future trade deal prior to the UK's exit from the bloc, the credit-rating agency could downgrade Britain's sovereign credit rating.
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US Reportedly Intervenes in EU-Apple Tax Case
August 14, 2017
The Daily Express reports that the US federal government has filed a request with an EU court to intervene in support of technology giant Apple in an EU legal proceeding alleging that Apple's tax rate in Ireland constituted unlawful state aid and demanding that, as a result, the company pay Ireland nearly $15 billion in back taxes.
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MEP Calls for Direct EU Taxation After Brexit
August 11, 2017
The Daily Express reports that Belgian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and head of the Brexit coordination team for the body, Guy Verhofstadt, has called for the EU to use Brexit as an opportunity to impose direct taxes on individuals and companies in order to form a "direct link" between the supranational bloc and citizens of European countries.
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NGOs Call for EU Action on Poland Asylum Policy
August 11, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations has called on the European Commission to "hold Poland accountable" for the actions of Polish border guards denying entry by asylum seekers from neighboring Belarus.
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