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EU Pushes Privacy Rights in Travel Alert System
January 13, 2017
The European Commission has issued a proposal to "strengthen" the Schengen Information System, an information sharing system for border authorities in the passport-free Schengen Area, to more effectively fight terrorism by, in part, bolstering data protection for travelers in line with the "fundamental right" to privacy identified in EU treaties.
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Case in UK Seeks to Delay EU "Single Market" Exit
January 13, 2017
The Guardian reports that a group of anonymous litigants from the UK and foreign countries has lodged a case in the UK High Court asserting that any departure of the country from the EU's "single market" requires an act of Parliament that is separate from the legislation the litigants say is required to leave the EU.
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Abbott: EU Stymies Free Trade with Outsiders
January 11, 2017
In the foreword for a report by UK politicians, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott calls for Britain to take advantage of its decision to break with the "protectionist" policies of the EU by signing a free trade agreement with Australia and other "economically advanced Commonwealth countries."
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Lord King: UK Should Leave EU "Single Market"
January 05, 2017
Former Bank of England Governor Lord King has asserted that Britain's impending departure from the EU offers "real opportunities" for economic reform and that the UK should make leaving the bloc's "single market" part of its plans for Brexit.
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Polish Leader: Brexit Should Spur Return of Sovereignty
January 05, 2017
Reuters reports that Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the governing party in Poland, has asserted that the departure of the UK from the EU provides an opportunity for EU members to develop a new treaty returning power to national governments, making clear that the bloc is "an association of national states," and providing for "far-reaching deregulation."
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