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Dutch Voters Reject EU Policies in Referendum
April 07, 2016
The Guardian reports that, in a vote widely seen as an indicator of attitudes in the Netherlands regarding EU migration and economic policies, a large majority of Dutch voters participating in a recent referendum voted against an association agreement establishing closer ties between the EU and Ukraine.
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EU Faces Backlash Against Proposal for Relocation Mechanism
April 07, 2016
EUobserver reports that policymakers and diplomats from Central and Eastern European countries are opposing a proposal under consideration at the European Commission that would create a mandatory, permanent relocation mechanism for future asylum-seekers in the EU.
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ECJ Mandates Rights-based Limits on Execution of Warrants
April 07, 2016
The Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") has held that national authorities in the EU must examine whether a suspected or convicted criminal who is the subject of a European arrest warrant ("EAW") might be subject to fundamental rights violations in the country that issued the EAW before these authorities return the subject to the warrant-issuing country.
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EU Official: Poland Must Implement Tribunal's Decisions
April 06, 2016
While he indicated that ongoing progress between Poland's government and constitutional tribunal could preclude further EU monitoring and potential future sanctions, Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans called on the Polish government to end the stand-off between the bodies by implementing the court's rulings regarding changes in the judiciary.
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Dutch Vote on Ukraine Deal Serves as Referendum on EU
April 06, 2016
Politico reports that a referendum the Netherlands is holding today on an EU-Ukraine "association agreement" serves as a strategy for EU opponents to register citizens' discontent with the bloc.
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