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ECJ Official: EU Members Must Ratify Singapore Trade Deal
January 05, 2017
Bloomberg reports that, in a warning sign to UK officials who wish to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement with the EU following Brexit, an Advocate-General of the Court of Justice of the EU has issued an opinion finding that all EU member states must approve a trade deal with Singapore before it becomes effective.
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UK Policy Shifts Toward Leaving ECtHR
January 04, 2017
The Telegraph reports that sources within UK Prime Minister Theresa May's government have indicated her plans to include in her party's platform for the 2020 general election a pledge to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
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Slovak PM Seeks Halt to Referendums on EU Issues
January 04, 2017
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico has called on other EU leaders "to stop with adventures" of permitting popular democratic referendums on issues relating to the EU or the euro.
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EU Adds to Recommendations on Polish Conflict
January 04, 2017
European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans has announced that he will give the Polish government additional time to improve the country's "rule of law" situation, created by a conflict between the government and the country's Constitutional Tribunal, as the Commission delivers more recommendations on how to resolve the national dispute.
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German Official Supports Rethink of EU Migrant Benefits
January 04, 2017
Deutsche Welle reports that remarks from Sigmar Gabriel, a German economy minister and deputy of Chancellor Angela Merkel, in support of reducing child benefits payments to EU migrant workers whose children live in other countries have stirred debate over EU rules regulating benefits for the bloc's migrant labor market.
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