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Report: Germany Makes EU Army a Condition of UK Renegotiation
September 16, 2015
The Telegraph reports that according to a source in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will ask the UK to withdraw its opposition to the integration of military resources in Europe and to the eventual creation of an EU army in return for favorable terms in Britain's renegotiation of competences with the EU.
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EU Ministers Support Protection of Non-Euro Countries
September 15, 2015
At a recent meeting in Luxembourg, finance ministers from EU member countries agreed to the principle of granting a greater voice for non-eurozone countries in decisions made by an increasingly integrated eurozone that have ramifications across the EU.
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EU Official Calls for Surrender of Fiscal Sovereignty
September 15, 2015
Klaus Regling, head of the European Stability Mechanism, has called for EU member states to give up sovereignty in the realm of monetary policy by contributing to the creation of a eurozone finance ministry and parliament.
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ECJ Issues Broad Interpretation of Working Time Limit
September 15, 2015
Business groups in the UK warn that a recent decision of the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ"), interpreting an EU directive that limits the amount of time people can work to apply to the travel of tradespeople from their homes to their customers, could foist higher costs upon EU companies.
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EU Revives Migrant Distribution Plan
September 14, 2015
In his annual State of the European Union address, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker proposed a plan to redistribute 160,000 migrants, most of whom are from North Africa and the Middle East, throughout countries in the EU.