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EU Leaders Increasingly Embrace "Multi-Speed" Integration
February 16, 2017
Reuters reports that EU leaders meeting at a summit in Malta, while not accepting the possibility of halting "ever-closer union" or returning powers to member states, increasingly advocated a model of "multi-speed" integration that permits some EU members to move more slowly in giving away sovereignty to the supranational organization.
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UK Publishes Principles to Guide Brexit
February 16, 2017
The British Government recently released a publication setting out 12 broad principles it will follow in negotiating its exit from the EU, including by withdrawing completely from the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU, negotiating new free trade agreements, and regaining control of migration from the bloc.
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EU Leaders Eye Alternative Rule of Law Mechanism
February 15, 2017
Politico reports that, as EU officials find it difficult to threaten the Polish Government over its conflict with the country's Constitutional Court, some leaders are considering taking up a proposal from Belgium requiring the European Commission to investigate "rule of law" concerns in each EU country as part of a periodic review process.
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ECJ Chief Predicts Case over Brexit Deal
February 15, 2017
The Independent reports that President of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Koen Lenaerts has speculated that aspects of Britain's trade deal with the EU following its exit from the bloc will likely end up in proceedings before the ECJ.
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UK Lords Prepare Amendments to Brexit Bill
February 15, 2017
The Belfast Telegraph reports that the UK House of Lords has prepared a series of eight amendments to the Government's "Brexit" bill, passed recently by a large majority in the House of Commons, to add conditions to the authority of the Government to notify the EU of its plans to exit the bloc.
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