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Professor: Brexit Could Worsen “Modern Slavery” in UK
April 05, 2017
Professor Andrew Crane of the University of Bath has warned that the decrease in legal immigration to the UK as a result of the country leaving the EU will likely increase demand for trafficked labor and contribute to other exploitive business practices.
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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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EU Agency Seeks "Binding" Social Rights Law
April 04, 2017
At a meeting in Malta, Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights asserted that "income inequality" poses a threat to the fundamental rights of Europeans and pushed for the development of an expansive, "legally-binding" European Pillar of Social Rights.to combat "social exclusion" across the EU.
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EU Pushes Balkan Countries to Form "Common Market"
April 04, 2017
The Economist reports that meetings between EU officials and leaders of countries in the Western Balkans have led to proposals, with growing acceptance in each country, for a "common market" of free trade, labor movement, and regulatory harmonization in the Balkans region.
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