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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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FRA Workshop Seeks Monitoring of Data on "Social Inclusion"
April 28, 2016
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") has hosted a workshop for EU officials and authorities from EU member states to determine best practices in developing data to define and monitor the "social inclusion" of minority groups.
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ECtHR: De Facto Life Sentence Violated Prisoner's Rights
April 28, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") has held that the Netherlands violated a convicted killer's right against "inhuman or degrading treatment" because, even though he secured reviews of his continued confinement during his life sentence, he was denied treatment of his mental health problems, thus making release effectively impossible.
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UK Faces Fines for Misspent EU Funds
April 27, 2016
A report from the UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee states that, over the last decade, the European Commission has forced the UK to pay back at least £650 million in EU funds it alleged were misspent by British government agencies.
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