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Commissioner: EU Refugee Resettlement Program "Does Not Work"
January 15, 2016
In a recent meeting, European Commissioner for migration Dimitris Avramopoulos acknowledged that the EU's mandatory refugee resettlement program, which was agreed last year but has so far only relocated 272 people, is failing and labeled a massive sexual assault in Cologne, whose witnesses identified at least some assailants as refugees, as a "nail in the coffin."
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German Court Revisits ECB Bond-buying Cases
January 15, 2016
Bloomberg reports that the German Federal Constitutional Court will rehear five lawsuits asserting that the European Central Bank's ("ECB") 2012 bond-buying program is inconsistent with the German Constitution after the Court of Justice of the EU determined that the program was valid under EU law.
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Grayling: Absent Fundamental Change, UK Must Leave EU
January 14, 2016
Writing in support of UK Prime Minister David Cameron's renegotiation with EU leaders over the balance of powers between the British Government and the EU, Leader of the House of Commons Chris Grayling calls for fundamental EU reforms that shield the UK from continued political integration within the bloc.
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EU Commission Declines to Measure Potential "Brexit" Impact
January 14, 2016
Reuters reports that the office of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has issued an order to Commission economists not to study the potential impact of an exit of Britain from the EU following a referendum that may take place later this year.
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EU Investigates Poland under Rule of Law Mechanism
January 13, 2016
Politico reports that the European Commission has launched a preliminary, formal assessment of Poland under the EU Rule of Law Mechanism, developed in 2014 to deter and respond to "systemic threats" to the rule of law in EU countries, for legislation from the new Polish Parliament on the country's constitutional court.
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