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Germany Plans Restrictions on EU Migrant Benefits
October 19, 2016
The Guardian reports that the German government has approved legislation that would permit EU migrants who have not worked in Germany to claim social benefits only after spending five years in the country.
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EU Group: UN Deal Requires New "Climate Governance"
October 19, 2016
The European Committee on the Regions has adopted an opinion calling for EU greenhouse gas emissions to be halved by the year 2030 and calling for the implementation of "multi-level climate governance that fully integrates the efforts of cities and regions" in order to achieve the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year.
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EU Committee Calls for "Green" Procurement Policies
October 19, 2016
As part of its recommendations to bolster the EU's proposals to create a "circular," environmentally friendly European economy, the European Committee of the Regions has called for the European Commission to include in its plans mandatory "green" procurement policies for all public authorities in Europe.
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EU Committee Seeks Stronger Social Protection
October 19, 2016
The European Committee on the Regions has adopted an opinion calling on EU institutions to support member states in bolstering their social protection systems and to do more to harmonize "social rights" across the bloc.
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CoE Identifies Broad Scope of "Diversity," Minority Rights
October 19, 2016
A report by the Council of Europe identifies the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities as a "living instrument" that, while not identifying what constitutes a "national minority," protects the individual, social, and collective rights of such minorities from interference by states parties.
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