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EU Drafts Privacy Rules for Online Messaging
August 25, 2016
Newsweek reports that the European Commission is preparing legislation that will impose the same "security and confidentiality provisions" on online messaging services, predominantly run by US-based companies Facebook and Microsoft, as those that apply to mobile phone calls and texts.
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EU Plans to Centralize Telecom Licensing
August 25, 2016
David Steele writes that the European Commission is drafting plans to centralize the licensing of spectrum allocation for telecommunications companies in EU institutions and override differing national licensing rules that tend to generate revenue for EU member states.
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Swiss Party's Petition Challenges Foreign Courts
August 25, 2016
Reuters reports that the Swiss People's Party has published a petition, which will launch a popular referendum if it receives a threshold number of signatures, seeking a halt to what the party deems to be the erosion of the Swiss system of direct democracy at the hands of foreign courts, such as the European Court of Human Rights.
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Report Explores Best Path for Brexit
August 24, 2016
A report published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute outlines how the UK can best promote economic prosperity as it negotiates its departure from the EU, including by establishing a unique trading relationship with the bloc and forming a commission to jettison EU regulations that threaten economic freedom.
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MEPs Threaten Funding Cut-off for Refusing Migrants
August 24, 2016
Politico reports that two German Members of the European Parliament have called on the EU to withhold promised funding from countries, such as Hungary and Poland, that are resisting an EU plan to resettle migrants throughout the bloc.
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