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EU Think Tank Proposes Central Intelligence Service
May 02, 2016
The Telegraph reports that the European Political Strategy Centre, a think tank that answers to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, has called for the creation of a single European intelligence agency based on the US Department of Homeland Security that would analyze terror threats and proposed joint plans for security action.
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Economists Predict Positive Post-Brexit Picture
April 29, 2016
A new campaign group called Economists for Brexit has contradicted negative outlooks from the UK Treasury and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") by forecasting positive British growth produced by slashing red tape and increasing free trade if the UK votes to withdraw from the EU.
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Proposed Law Restricts Benefits to EU Migrants in Germany
April 29, 2016
Deutsche Welle reports that German Labor Minister Andrea Nahles has proposed legislation that would allow migrants from other EU countries to receive social security and unemployment benefits only if they have lived in the country for five years and have not received such benefits during that time.
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EU Threatens Legal Action over UK Truck Tax
April 29, 2016
The Daily Mail reports that the European Commission has threatened to file a complaint against the British Government in EU court claiming that it had engaged in impermissible "state aid" by lowering road taxes for UK truck drivers as compared to foreign drivers.
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EU Official Pushes Police, Judicial Tools for Security Union
April 28, 2016
In a recent speech, the European Commissioner for justice, Věra Jourová, has called for the centralization of numerous law enforcement and judicial tools, including through implementation of the European Arrest Warrant and the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor's Office, to move toward the formation of an EU Security Union.
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