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FRA, ECtHR Publish Handbook on Access to Justice
June 29, 2016
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Court of Human Rights have released a publication called the "Handbook on European Law Relating to Access to Justice," which outlines European standards on the right to access justice in various areas of legal practice.
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EU Creates Audit Oversight Body
June 29, 2016
In new rules on statutory auditing practices that recently came into effect, the EU has created the Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies to facilitate the coordination and harmonization of auditing practices throughout the bloc.
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EU Body Seeks Common Demographic Policies
June 29, 2016
The EU's Committee of the Regions has issued an opinion calling for a comprehensive EU strategy to address demographic problems in the bloc, including low birth rates and lack of immigration.
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German Court Upholds EU Bond Buying Plan
June 29, 2016
The German Constitutional Court has held that a European Central Bank plan to buy government bonds from struggling EU countries does not in itself violate the German Constitution but called on the German authorities to closely monitor the mechanism to ensure it adheres to certain limits.
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Cleppe Calls on EU to Abandon Protectionism
June 28, 2016
Pieter Cleppe of the think tank Open Europe writes that the EU should not let its aluminum tariffs, which he asserts harm small and medium-sized enterprises, signal expanding trade protectionism across the bloc's essential industries that would reduce its overall competitiveness.
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