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Goodman: Only Brexit Delivers Real UK-EU Change
January 29, 2016
Paul Goodman writes on Conservative Home that, because UK Prime Minister David Cameron's renegotiation of competences with the EU does not guarantee treaty changes and thus might be set aside by other countries or the Court of Justice of the EU, the only opportunity for meaningful reform of Britain's relationship with the EU is for voters to side with leaving the bloc.
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Commentator: US Must Intervene in Crisis-ridden Europe
January 27, 2016
Arguing that, in part due to recent American indifference, Europe is in "shambles," journalist Natalie Nougayrède calls on the US to intervene in Europe to keep the EU together, improve defense policy, and cooperate to resolve the migration crisis.
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Europol Launches Counter Terrorism Centre
January 27, 2016
Law enforcement organization Europol recently announced at a meeting of European justice and home affairs ministers in Amsterdam that it will launch a European Counter Terrorism Centre that will seek to enhance cooperation and information-sharing, including on financial transactions, to combat organized crime and foreign fighters.
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MEP: EU Uses Rule of Law Mechanism as Political Tool
January 27, 2016
In the opinion of Hungarian Member of the European Parliament ("MEP") György Schöpflin, the perceived inconsistency in the European Commission's use of its Rule of Law Mechanism, which it has activated in the case of Poland but not in the case of Hungary, demonstrates the Mechanism's political nature.
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Fletcher Dean: US Should Encourage Success of "European Project"
January 22, 2016
Admiral and Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University James Stavridis surveys the security risks facing Europe, ranging from the Islamic State to Russia, and draws the conclusion that, to contain these threats, the US must support the centralization of European power in supranational institutions.
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