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UK Official: EU Plans to Limit UK Residency Rights
August 17, 2017
Reuters reports that, according to a letter from UK Brexit Secreetary David Davis, the EU’s current offer to the UK in Brexit negotiations stipulates that Britons living in Europe would retain residency rights only in their current country of residence after Brexit and would not have the right to move to another EU country.
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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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