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EU Shields Lawmaking from Public Scrutiny
February 01, 2017
EUobserver reports that critics are raising objections to the growing trend of EU institutions bypassing a portion of the legislative process opening up proposed laws to public consumption and debate, arguing that the alternative "trilogue" procedure, in which the institutions work out legislative differences behind closed doors, obstructs democratic accountability.
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Romanian President Decries "Europhobia" at CoE
February 01, 2017
In a speech before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE), Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis linked the threats of "populism, radicalism, xenophobia and Europhobia" to both the EU and CoE and called for governments to "fight them with all our force, using all the instruments and mechanisms available."
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Agency Pushes Global Rights Agenda in EU Social Scheme
February 01, 2017
Consulting on the European Commission's plan for a European Pillar of Social Rights, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights called for the Pillar to be based on social provisions included in the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights and in global human rights instruments.
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UK Party Amendments Push Back on Brexit
January 31, 2017
The Herald reports that the Scottish National Party plans to include in a set of at least 50 proposals for amendments to the British Government's bill on triggering negotiations to exit the EU a "reset clause" that would force the UK to remain in the EU if it fails to reach an agreement on its post-Brexit relationship with the bloc.
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UK, US Sign Deal on Trade Negotiations
January 30, 2017
During their recent White House meeting, UK Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump signed a "U.K.-U.S. Trade Negotiation Agreement" setting up working groups to determine areas that might be addressed by a free trade deal between the countries to be signed "as soon as possible" after the UK departs the EU.
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