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ECJ Adviser Finds Insufficient Support for Terror Sanctions
September 22, 2016
Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston has advised the ECJ that the EU's listing of the organizations Hamas and the Tamil Tigers as terrorist groups subject to sanctions are invalid because their inclusion was based on "facts and evidence found in press articles and information from the internet."
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Switzerland Advances Compromise Law on EU Migration
September 22, 2016
Reuters reports that the Swiss Parliament has advanced legislation that would seek to pacify Swiss citizens who voted in a 2014 referendum to impose quotas on migrants from EU countries by requiring companies to first consider locals for job openings before looking outside the country.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Moves Toward EU Membership
September 21, 2016
Reuters reports that the Council of the EU has accepted the application of Bosnia and Herzegovina for EU membership and has called on the European Commission to assess the readiness of the country to join the bloc.
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EU Parliament Presses Poland to End Court Standoff
September 21, 2016
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution pressuring the Polish government to end a legal standoff with the country's Constitutional Tribunal within the three-month time period required by the European Commission's "Rule of Law Recommendation" issued to the country in July.
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FRA Calls for EU "Citizenship Education"
September 21, 2016
In remarks emerging from the agency's Fundamental Rights Forum held earlier this year, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights called for "citizenship education" and schooling on the global human rights agenda in order to promote "inter-cultural dialogue and mutual understanding" among citizens of EU countries.
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