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Eurozone Leader Pledges Further Integration
June 23, 2016
Reuters reports that the head of the eurozone group of finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, has pledged further integration of the currency area regardless of the outcome of the British referendum and in spite of warnings from other EU leaders of growing euroskepticism in the bloc.
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UK Minister Pushes for EU Migration Reforms
June 23, 2016
Despite EU resistance to reforms of the principle of "free movement" during UK Prime Minister David Cameron's renegotiation of competences with the bloc, British Home Secretary Theresa May says she will seek reforms to EU migration rules following a "Remain" vote in the country's EU referendum.
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EU Leader Denies UK Additional Reform
June 22, 2016
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has stated that the EU will offer Britain no new negotiations over its relations to the bloc following this week's UK referendum on EU membership.
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EU Leaders Threaten End to UK Bank "Passports"
June 21, 2016
Reuters reports that government officials from EU member states have threatened heightened obstacles to UK banks, which can currently sell their services freely across EU borders, in the case of a British exit from the EU.
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Poland Misses EU Deadline on Rule of Law Opinion
June 21, 2016
With party leaders asserting that the European Commission's "rule of law opinion" seeking an end to the conflict between the Polish Government and the country's Constitutional Tribunal is "groundless" and "arbitrary," the Polish Government has chosen not to respond to the opinion within the two-week deadline set by the Commission.