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ECtHR Calls on Belgium to Reorganize Psychiatric Detention
September 13, 2016
Concluding that Belgium's confinement of a convicted sex offender in a prison psychiatric ward for over nine years without "appropriate treatment" of his mental illness violated his human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has launched a procedure pushing the country to reorganize its system of psychiatric detention to respect the "dignity" of such detainees.
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Anti-EU Party Beats Merkel's Party in German Vote
September 13, 2016
Signaling the strength of the anti-EU, anti-Islam Alternative for Germany ("AfD") party in the run-up to next year's German parliamentary elections, the BBC reports that AfD beat out German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party for second place in an important state election in the northeastern part of the country.
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Australian PM Seeks "Strong" Trade Agreement with UK
September 09, 2016
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that his government is planning to negotiate a "very strong, very open free trade agreement" with Britain upon the country's departure from the EU.
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MEP: "Tax Deals" Violate EU Rules
September 09, 2016
In an interview on the European Commission's imposition of a €13 billion fine on tech company Apple for unpaid taxes, German Member of the European Parliament Markus Ferber argued that any government attempt to attract business investment by granting a "tax deal" is illegal under EU law.
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Ireland Keeps EU Army Plan at Arm's Length
September 07, 2016
The Irish Independent reports that Irish government officials are distancing themselves from reported EU plans, backed by national leaders from Central and Eastern Europe, to create common EU military structures that would work independently of NATO.
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