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NGOs Succeed in EU Legal Aid Push
October 28, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Open Society Foundations has published an article detailing the close involvement of it and other NGOs in pressuring the EU to pass "comprehensive" legislation prescribing specific rules on how EU member states must provide legal aid to criminal defendants.
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EU Calls for Extended Permission for Border Controls
October 28, 2016
Finding that its conditions on a return to passport-free travel are not yet fulfilled, the European Commission has recommended to the Council of the EU that the bloc extend its permission for various EU member states within the Schengen Area to maintain controls on their borders for another three months.
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EU Touts Billions in Spending on "Climate Finance"
October 28, 2016
The European Commission has announced that EU institutions and member states contributed €17.6 billion to combat and lessen the impacts of global warming in poor countries as part of plans to spend at least 20 percent of its budget on "climate-related action" in the years 2014-2020.
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EU Parliament Calls for Watchdog on Justice and Rights
October 27, 2016
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the EU to establish a watchdog to administer a "binding EU mechanism" requiring member states "to monitor and report annually on their records" in the fields of democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights.
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EU Pledges to Advance UN's Urban Agenda
October 27, 2016
At the UN "Habitat III" Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, the European Commission pledged to advance the UN's social and environmental agenda by promoting "sustainable development" in cities within and outside its borders.
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