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Merkel Expresses Support for EU Budget, Finance Minister
July 18, 2017
After meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that she is open to President Macron’s proposal to establish an EU budget and finance minister that would significantly centralize financial policy-making in the eurozone.
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UK Announces Plans to Pay Brexit "Settlement" to EU
July 18, 2017
The UK Secretary for Brexit David Davis has announced that the British Government intends to pay some “financial settlement” to the EU upon leaving the bloc based on the country's "rights and obligations as a departing member state."
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EU Committee Seeks Strengthening of Biodiversity Action
July 17, 2017
The European Committee of the Regions recently touted its role in supporting the development by the European Commission of an "action plan" to bolster its Birds and Habitats Directives in an effort toward meeting the EU's biodiversity targets for the year 2020.
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EU Explores Future Role in Social Policy
July 17, 2017
Highlighting its growing role as a policy-setter in the realm of labor rights and social protection policy, the European Commission recently published a "reflection paper" on the "social dimension of Europe" to set the stage for discussion on how the EU can best contribute to the development of the best social policy within the bloc.
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EU Introduces Broad-reaching "Pillar of Social Rights"
July 17, 2017
The European Commission recently launched its EU Pillar of Social Rights on labor rights and social protection, along with a mechanism to monitor the progress of EU member states on the Pillar, as a "compass for a renewed process of upward convergence towards better working and living conditions in Europe."
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