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EU Declaration Gestures Toward "Multi-Speed" Europe
April 05, 2017
The EU's recent Rome Declaration, marking the 60th Anniversary of European integration and setting out a broadly worded set of priorities for the next decade, solidifies Western countries' preference of a "multi-speed" EU by including language allowing for member states to move "at different paces and intensity where necessary" toward a federal union.
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EU Pushes for Financial Services Integration
April 05, 2017
The European Commission has released a Consumer Financial Services Action Plan that will seek to further centralize EU financial services regulation to "prise open national barriers" preventin cross-border access to financial services across the bloc.
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EU Considers Ultimatum over Migrant Resettlement
April 05, 2017
The Times reports that, according to EU sources, leaders of the bloc's member states are planning to issue an ultimatum to Poland and Hungary to abide by EU policies mandating the resettlement of migrants within their territories or "get out of the EU."
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ECJ Approves Student Visa Denial for Public Security
April 05, 2017
Politico reports that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled national governments “enjoy a wide discretion” in the visa approval process and may deny student visa requests based on “potential” public security threats.
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EU Committee Seeks Finance for Local Climate Planning
April 04, 2017
The European Committee of the Regions has adopted recommendations for EU rules governing local planning in sectors including buildings, agriculture, transport, and forestry to meet bloc-wide greenhouse gas reduction targets and to provide the necessary funding to local authorities to complete these policy changes.
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