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Czech Official Raises Brexit Veto Threat over Migration
October 18, 2016
Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis has asserted that his country might veto any post-Brexit deal with the UK that would permit the country to retain membership of the EU's "single market" without providing for freedom of movement for nationals of EU member states.
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EU Challenges Search Engines with Copyright Proposal
October 18, 2016
Heidi Tworek of the University of British Columbia warns that an EU proposal to translate German copyright law into supranational legislation that would require search engines such as Google to pay media companies for displaying brief snippets of their articles would be unenforceable and should give way to a more cooperative approach.
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Official: "Punishment" Approach to Brexit Will Harm EU
October 17, 2016
UK Secretary of State for Exiting the EU David Davis has warned EU leaders that any plan to punish Britain for leaving the bloc as a message to euroskeptics in other countries would likely backfire and lead to other governments choosing to hold their own votes on EU membership.
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EU Leaders Hold Line on Migration in Brexit Deal
October 17, 2016
The Guardian reports that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, French President François Hollande, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have all recently denied that the UK can retain membership in the EU's single market without accepting the principle of free movement of EU nationals.
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EU Official Pushes for Centralized Public Prosecutor
October 17, 2016
European Commissioner for Justice Věra Jourová and two Members of the European Parliament write that the EU must establish a centralized European Public Prosecutors’ Office to combat cross-border financial crimes involving fraud against national and EU budgets.
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