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Brexit Vote Grants Impetus to EU Defense Integration
September 14, 2016
Jonathan Marcus writes that EU leaders are using the UK vote to leave the bloc as an opportunity to work toward long-held plans, often stifled by Britain, to create common European defense structures supplementing their involvement in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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EU Members Consider Claims to Apple Payout
September 14, 2016
AP reports that finance ministers from some EU member states are backing the European Commission's decision to require tech giant Apple to pay up to $21 billion in back taxes, with interest, to Ireland, as multiple governments consider staking a claim to part of the proceeds from the fine.
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Committee: UK Should Maintain EU Climate Targets
September 14, 2016
In spite of its prediction that the UK will not achieve EU-imposed targets for the country's shift to renewable energy sources by the year 2020, the UK Parliament's Energy and Climate Change Committee has called on the Government to maintain these targets even after it leaves the bloc.
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EU Offers Refugees in Turkey Monthly Allowance
September 14, 2016
European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides has announced that, as part of the EU-Turkey deal on the settlement of refugees from the Middle East, the EU will offer refugees in Turkey debit cards, onto which it will transfer funds on a monthly basis, to cover the costs of their "basic needs."
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Lawsuit Targets Juncker's Refusal to Negotiate Brexit
September 14, 2016
The Guardian reports that a group called Fair Deal for Expats has filed a complaint at the Court of Justice of the EU arguing that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's "presidential order" seeking to prevent officials from negotiating with the UK prior to the country's filing formal notice of "Brexit" is a fabricated device that has no force of law.
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