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Swiss Officials Reject Second Immigration Referendum
October 31, 2016
The Local reports that the Swiss Government has rejected a petition for a second referendum on whether the country should limit migration from the EU, as campaigners seek to nullify the results of a 2014 vote in favor of renegotiating agreements with the bloc to return control of the country's migration policy to national institutions.
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EU Prepares to Ramp up Defense Spending
October 31, 2016
As EU leaders call for greater military cooperation following the UK's exit from the bloc, CNBC reports that the European Parliament is preparing to vote on a "Preparatory Action for Defense Research" budget plan that would allocate, for the first time, EU funds for military research over the next three years.
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NGOs Succeed in EU Legal Aid Push
October 28, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Open Society Foundations has published an article detailing the close involvement of it and other NGOs in pressuring the EU to pass "comprehensive" legislation prescribing specific rules on how EU member states must provide legal aid to criminal defendants.
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EU Calls for Extended Permission for Border Controls
October 28, 2016
Finding that its conditions on a return to passport-free travel are not yet fulfilled, the European Commission has recommended to the Council of the EU that the bloc extend its permission for various EU member states within the Schengen Area to maintain controls on their borders for another three months.
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EU Touts Billions in Spending on "Climate Finance"
October 28, 2016
The European Commission has announced that EU institutions and member states contributed €17.6 billion to combat and lessen the impacts of global warming in poor countries as part of plans to spend at least 20 percent of its budget on "climate-related action" in the years 2014-2020.
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