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EU Opposes UK Plan for Criminal Background Checks
July 26, 2017
Politico reports that a "major sticking point" between EU and UK officials in negotiations over Brexit to this point has been whether Britain can perform criminal background checks on all EU citizens living in the country who apply for "settled status" after the country leaves the bloc.
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EU Body Seeks Stronger "Solidarity Corps"
July 26, 2017
The European Committee of the Regions has issued an opinion praising the EU's establishment of a "European Solidarity Corps" to provide job opportunities and cultivate pro-EU sentiments in youth across the bloc and calling for a strengthened local and regional role in the implementations of the Solidarity Corps' initiatives.
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ECJ Raises Obstacles to Quick EU Trade Deals
July 26, 2017
Bloomberg reports that a Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) ruling in May requiring EU institutions to seek approval of parts of a trade deal with Singapore by the bloc's member states could place significant obstacles in the path of the speedy negotiation of a free trade deal between Britain and the EU after Brexit.
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French, German Leaders Voice Tentative Support for EU Treaty Change
July 25, 2017
The Independent reports that, at their first meeting in Berlin, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed their willingness to support EU treaty amendments that grant greater authority to the supranational entity to resolve policy issues - including, according to President Macron, through a "common asylum policy."
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EU Paper: ECJ Must Enforce Brexit Agreement
July 25, 2017
Bloomberg reports that, in draft Brexit negotiating directives circulated by EU officials in May, EU institutions and national governments demanded that the EU and UK grant the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) a central role in enforcing the provisions of any post-Brexit deal, meaning that the ECJ would retain authority in Britain following its exit from the EU.
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