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Hannan: Democracy Is Preferable to EU "Technocracy"
January 04, 2017
UK Member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan writes that calls in the UK to strip voters of the results of their June 2016 decision to leave the EU violates the principle that democracy is the best way through which government can settle competing interests.
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Australian Official Predicts Quick UK Trade Deal
January 03, 2017
Australian High Commissioner to Britain Alexander Downer has called on British officials to proceed quickly with leaving the "protectionist" EU and has predicted that the negotiation of a free trade agreement between Australia and Britain will be "no problem."
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Swiss Parliament Declines to Cap EU Migration
January 03, 2017
Politico reports that the Swiss parliament has complied with the European Commission's "red line" on the principle of free movement, despite a 2014 referendum in which Swiss voters called for migration restrictions, by adopting legislation that creates labor market restrictions for EU workers but does not cap migration from the bloc.
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UK Official Warns of Overbroad EU Transition Deal
January 03, 2017
Reuters reports that UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox has stated that, while a transitional agreement between Britain and the EU following the official "Brexit" deadline may be necessary, such a deal must recognize the decision of voters to remove the UK from EU control.
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French Disenchantment Signals Trouble for EU
January 02, 2017
The New York Times reports that the disenchantment of French voters with the consolidation of EU power and with the bloc's migrant resettlement policies, and the corresponding expansion of support for the National Front political party, could spell trouble for the future of the EU following the country's presidential election later this year.
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