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EU Council Recommends Continued Border Controls
February 20, 2017
The Council of the EU has once again recommended a three-month extension of controls along certain borders in the passport-free Schengen travel area to stem flows of "irregular migrants," but only as a "last resort" and after a dialogue between the member states at issue establishes that such controls are "necessary and proportionate."
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EU Reports on Progress Toward "Circular Economy"
February 20, 2017
The European Commission has issued a report on its progress in implementing its Circular Economy Package, adopted last year, through such actions as establishing a Circular Economy Finance Support Platform with the European Investment Bank and pressuring EU members to take action on creating energy out of waste.
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EU Institutions Push Local Action on Climate Targets
February 20, 2017
The European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions recently hosted an event exploring how EU regions and communities must adopt a more pro-active approach to adopting "green" technologies and reducing energy consumption to permit the EU to achieve its targets in fulfilling the global "sustainable development" agenda.
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ECJ Official: States Must Grant Humanitarian Visas
February 17, 2017
Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has concluded that the European Charter of Fundamental Rights requires EU member states to grant visas on humanitarian grounds to applicants from non-EU countries when those applicants are at risk of ill treatment in their country of origin.
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CoE Spotlights Compliance with Rights Judgments
February 17, 2017
Increasing pressure on countries in the Council of Europe (CoE) to implement the European human rights agenda, the CoE's Department for the Execution of Judgments has launched a search engine permitting observers to scrutinize the status of governments' execution of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights.
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