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UK Pushes Back on Reported "Brexit Bill" Estimate
May 03, 2017
Reuters reports that UK Brexit Secretary David Davis has denied that Britain will accede to a reported EU demand of 100 billion euros to cover the country's financial "obligations" after Brexit, including farm payments and 2019 and 2020 EU administration fees.
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EU Agency Studies "Citizenship Education" Initiative
May 03, 2017
As part of its project on "strengthening national human rights infrastructures," and in line with the EU's agendas focused on rights to "non-discrimination" and "tolerance," the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights performed a field visit in France to learn about the country's "citizenship education" program.
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Article: EU Must Restrain "Unruly Members"
May 03, 2017
Máté Hajba of the Free Market Foundation in Hungary and Dalibor Rohac of the American Enterprise Institute assert that plans among Western EU leaders to advance a "multi-speed" model for EU integration will conflict with what they say is the need to push back against "unruly members" like Hungary and Poland.
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EC Attempts to Assert Social Role Through Parental Leave
April 26, 2017
As part of European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Pillar of Social Rights initiative designed to demonstrate the EU’s relevance in European social issues, the EC is set to release a “work-life balance proposal” that could significantly increase business obligations toward employees.
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MEPs: Give Asylum-Seekers Quick Access to Labour Markets
April 26, 2017
Members of the European Parliament’s (MEPs) Civil Liberties Committee have amended a directive to call on member states to allow asylum-seekers to access local labor markets only two months after applying for asylum, rather than the current nine months.