European Institutions

  • 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."

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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