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Commission Plans Uniform EU Child Benefits Rules
December 30, 2016
Politico reports that, as part of the European Commission's plans to legislate the extent to which national governments may restrict welfare and unemployment benefits for migrants from other EU countries, the body will seek to centralize policies on child subsidies across the bloc by introducing an EU policy on the “coordination of family benefits."
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EU Official Seeks New Action on Polish Court Conflict
December 30, 2016
European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans has pledged renewed action regarding recent policies from the Polish government on the country's Constitutional Tribunal that he says "threaten to deepen the rule of law crisis in Poland."
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EU Bodies Agree to Corporate Pay Rules
December 30, 2016
The EU institutions have agreed to a set of Europe-wide rules requiring corporations to grant shareholders the ability to vote on the pay of company directors and mandating that corporate policies explain how employee pay and conditions contribute to the "long-term interests" of the business.
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EU Committee Approves Strengthened Asylum Entity
December 30, 2016
The European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee has approved a proposal to further centralize EU refugee rules by creating an EU Agency for Asylum that will monitor the refugee policies and practices of national governments and implement a complaint mechanism headed by a Fundamental Rights Officer.
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EU Court Outlaws Mass Data Retention Policies
December 28, 2016
Reuters reports that the Court of Justice of the EU has held that government rules requiring private companies to retain traffic and location data en masse to assist with law enforcement and counter-terrorism investigations violate EU privacy laws.
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