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British Campaign Outlines Post-Brexit Plans
June 15, 2016
The UK campaign for leaving the EU has published an outline of its plans following a "Brexit" vote, including an immediate "end to the European Court of Justice's control over national security," a halt to free movement for EU nationals into Britain, and the negotiation of a new trade deal with the bloc by 2020.
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CoE Report Criticizes Poland for Rule of Law "Erosion"
June 15, 2016
A report from Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks criticizes the Polish government and legal framework for a variety of abuses, including the government's dispute with the constitutional tribunal, surveillance legislation, public media regulation, and failure to introduce "comprehensive sexuality education" and legalize abortion.
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ECtHR: Polish Detention Measures Violated Man's Rights
June 15, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has held that the Polish authorities' prolonged solitary detention of a man accused of taking part in an international organized criminal group during his trial and placement in a cage in the courtroom during the criminal proceedings violated the man's rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Tusk Offers Nods Toward Euroskeptics
June 15, 2016
Politico reports that, in recent speeches, European Council President Donald Tusk is joining a cadre of EU officials and diplomats in shrugging off "naïve Euro-enthusiastic visions of total integration" in favor of a "pause" in EU integration that leaves power in the hands of national governments to solve European crises.
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Irish PM Warns of Impact of EU Investment Rules
June 15, 2016
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has sent a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warning that a new classification by EU authorities of public-private investment projects as state spending poses a major threat to Irish infrastructure investment.
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