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EU Countries Seek UK Concessions for Market Access
August 09, 2016
A Bloomberg profile of the "red lines" countries have stated they will not cross in permitting the UK to maintain access to the EU's "single market," including maintaining the principle of free movement of labor, demonstrates a potentially complex, country-by-country approach the UK would have to take in negotiating a post-Brexit trade deal with the bloc.
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Expert: EU Will Insist on Free Movement in UK Trade Deal
August 09, 2016
The Guardian reports that former EU Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, Roderick Abbott, has predicted that the EU and UK will sign a post-Brexit trade deal within two years but that the bloc will likely not accept limits to free movement of labor in exchange for Britain's access to the EU "single market."
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NGOs Challenge UK Bulk Hacking at ECtHR
August 09, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations led by Privacy International has filed a complaint against the UK in the European Court of Human Rights challenging the government's practice of "bulk hacking" the computers and other devices of foreigners.
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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.