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Swiss Party Official Opposes Closer EU Ties
August 08, 2016
Reuters reports that, as Swiss Government officials negotiate a "framework treaty" that would result in closer institutional ties with the EU, Christoph Blocher, Vice-President of the Swiss People's Party, has warned of the sovereignty implications of subordinating Swiss institutions to EU institutions, regulations, and courts.
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Juncker: EU-Turkey Accession Talks Should Continue
August 05, 2016
In a recent interview, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that Turkey could not currently be admitted as a new EU member but rejected calls from Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern to end membership talks with the country's Islamist regime in light of its broad crackdown on tens of thousands of alleged coup plotters.
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Minford: UK Should Ditch Plans for EU Trade Deal
August 05, 2016
Professor Patrick Minford of Cardiff University asserts that the UK's policy on leaving the EU should be to expand its economy by signing free trade deals with all other countries, unilaterally reducing its tariffs, and walking away from the EU without wasting time on attempting to negotiate a trade deal with the inflexible bloc.
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Open Europe: EEA Fails to Address Brexiters' Concerns
August 04, 2016
A briefing from UK think tank Open Europe explains why Britain's option of joining the European Economic Area in place of its membership of the EU would not address the reasons why most "Brexit" voters chose to leave the EU, including the inability of the UK to restrict immigration.
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EU Official Warns of Potential CETA Failure
August 02, 2016
Politico reports that EU Director-General for Trade Jean-Luc Demarty warned at a meeting of the bloc's trade policy committee that EU trade policy would lose credibility and be "close to death" if national parliaments did not ratify the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement that EU authorities negotiated with Canada.
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