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EU Committee Calls for "Green" Procurement Policies
October 19, 2016
As part of its recommendations to bolster the EU's proposals to create a "circular," environmentally friendly European economy, the European Committee of the Regions has called for the European Commission to include in its plans mandatory "green" procurement policies for all public authorities in Europe.
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EU Committee Seeks Stronger Social Protection
October 19, 2016
The European Committee on the Regions has adopted an opinion calling on EU institutions to support member states in bolstering their social protection systems and to do more to harmonize "social rights" across the bloc.
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CoE Identifies Broad Scope of "Diversity," Minority Rights
October 19, 2016
A report by the Council of Europe identifies the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities as a "living instrument" that, while not identifying what constitutes a "national minority," protects the individual, social, and collective rights of such minorities from interference by states parties.
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CoE Body Evaluates European Justice Systems
October 18, 2016
The Council of Europe's Commission for the Efficiency of Justice has published its latest report evaluating the efficiency, quality, and effectiveness of the national justice systems of CoE member states.
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Dempsey: EU Leaders Should Ditch Plans for Common Army
October 18, 2016
Judy Dempsey of Carnegie Europe writes that EU plans for a European army, over which the European Commission would exercise significant control, would needlessly duplicate structures of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and would divide EU countries at a time of strategic weakness.
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