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Diplomat: Ireland Must Consider Leaving EU with UK
August 11, 2017
The Irish Times reports that former diplomat Ray Bassett is pushing for Ireland to "give serious consideration" to leaving the EU with the UK, given the close trading relationship between the two countries and the prioritization by the EU of the future of its Union over the UK-Ireland relationship in Brexit negotiations.
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Committee Seeks EU Focus on Climate Policy
August 10, 2017
At an event marking Estonia's launch of its President of the Council of the EU, representatives of the EU Committee of the Regions set out "priority areas" for their cooperation with the Estonian Presidency that focused on "making Europe's energy transition the driver for combatting global warming" and financing efforts to stop climate change.
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EU Institutions Reach Deal on "Sustainable" Farming
August 10, 2017
The Council of the EU has announced that the rotating Maltese Presidency reached a deal with the European Parliament on centralizing policy on a broad range of agricultural activities to ensure the embedding of "sustainable development" practices in organic farming across the bloc.
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ECJ Official: France Had Authority to Prosecute Uber Service
August 10, 2017
An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has found that France was not required to notify EU officials in advance of adopting a law criminalizing the UberPop service for connecting passengers with drivers who are unlicensed under French law because UberPop is a transportation service subject to regulation at the national level.
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UK Officials Consider New Customs Union Deal with EU
August 10, 2017
The Guardian reports that officials in the UK government have expressed a willingness to consider a new customs union arrangement with the EU after Brexit that would apply to goods but would allow Britain to strike free trade deals respecting services with other countries around the world.
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