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Official Presents Plan for Ramped-up EU "Battlegroups"
September 14, 2016
The Guardian reports that the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has issued a policy document calling for increased use of Brussels as headquarters for European “battlegroups” that could intervene in crises and that would eventually develop into a "common European defence structure."
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UK Opposition Leader Calls for Break with EU "Single Market"
September 14, 2016
The Telegraph reports that Leader of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has called for the UK to maintain access to but not full membership in the EU's "single market," asserting that membership in the market requires acceptance of cumbersome "state aid" rules and the liberalization of public services.
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German Politician Seeks Flexibility on EU Free Movement
September 14, 2016
The head of the German Parliament's foreign affairs committee, Norbert Roettgen, has called for EU leaders to be flexible in negotiations with the UK over the country's acceptance of free movement in return for access to the EU's single market following Brexit, arguing that officials should be considering options "out of the box."
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Juncker Considers Call for Loosening EU Budget Rules
September 14, 2016
Politico reports that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is facing push-back against a suggestion that he would raise a proposal to exclude certain types of spending, such as investment and education funding, from EU budget limits for member states in his annual State of Europe speech.
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UK Pledges Robust Post-Brexit Immigration Control
September 13, 2016
The Daily Mail reports that UK Government officials have proposed the post-Brexit replacement of free movement with EU member states with a work-permit regime that would only allow migrants who had already secured a job in the UK to enter the country and would not discriminate on the basis of country of origin.