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MEP: UK Cannot Negotiate EU Trade Deal Before Brexit
November 03, 2016
Danuta Hübner, head of the European Parliament’s constitutional affairs committee, which will draft the body's position on a post-Brexit relationship with the UK, has asserted that Britain cannot begin negotiating a new trade deal with the EU until the country's exit from the bloc is complete.
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EU Official Criticizes Questioning of Rights Agenda
November 03, 2016
The Irish Times reports that Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Michael O'Flaherty warned in a recent address about the "frightening" implications of some "influential voices in EU society" questioning the validity of supranational human rights structures in Europe.
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UK Opts into EU Crime Database
November 02, 2016
The Independent reports that the UK government has decided to participate in the "Prüm Decision," which provides for EU countries to share a database of DNA samples, fingerprints, and vehicle registration information for law enforcement and counterterrorism purposes.
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Canada, EU Sign Comprehensive Trade Agreement
November 01, 2016
The BBC reports that the EU and Canada have signed their Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement after negotiators made last-minute amendments to the deal to overcome objections from the Parliament of Wallonia in Belgium on environmental, labor, and consumer standards.
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Poland: EU Oversteps Authority on Rule of Law Probe
October 31, 2016
EUobserver reports that the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has argued in a letter to the European Commission that its probe of the government's treatment of the country's Constitutional Tribunal under the EU Rule of Law Mechanism is biased and lacks "respect for sovereignty, subsidiarity, and national identity."
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