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EU Integration "Architect" Calls for "European Pause"
June 09, 2016
In an interview with Politico, French diplomat Hubert Védrine, a key participant in the development of the euro currency and the passport-free Schengen Area, calls on EU member states to respond to voter disenchantment with centralization of powers in Brussels by seeking a "pause" in the integration of the bloc.
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EU Leader Concedes Imbalance in Budget Enforcement
June 09, 2016
In a recent interview, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that his institution had granted the French government leniency on breaking the EU's budget rules "because it is France."
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ECJ: EU Members Cannot Imprison Illegal Migrants
June 08, 2016
In a case involving France's detention of a Ghanian woman who attempted to cross the border from Belgium after she illegally entered the EU, the Court of Justice of the EU held that member states are not permitted under EU law to imprison illegal migrants solely because they have crossed a border within the passport-free Schengen Area.
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ECJ Official: Employers May Ban Headscarves
June 08, 2016
An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU has opined that, under EU law, companies may institute a general policy on religious symbols that includes banning the wearing of Muslim headscarves at work.
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Poland Considers Challenge to EU Rule of Law Procedure
June 08, 2016
Reuters reports that the leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party in Poland has threatened legal action in the Court of Justice of the EU against the "made-up" procedure the European Commission has launched on Poland's constitutional court standoff under its EU Rule of Law Framework.
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