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Germany Hints at EU Free Movement Reform
August 31, 2015
The Telegraph reports that as Germany and other EU member states face a massive wave of migration, the German interior minister has indicated his government's willingness to consider EU treaty changes that would permit restrictions on free movement within the bloc.
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Telegraph: Mass Migration Forces EU to Rethink Free Movement
August 27, 2015
An editorial in The Telegraph argues that the massive migration numbers in EU countries such as Germany will cause these countries to depart from the "utopian" ideal of free movement within the EU and to rethink "the EU's self-image as a liberal, internationalist project."
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Germany Seeks Consequences for EU Emissions Targets
August 27, 2015
In a position statement distributed over the summer in Brussels, the German Government distinguishes itself from countries like the UK, which calls for a "light-touch" approach on EU greenhouse gas emissions targets, by calling for binding consequences for countries that do not meet the targets.
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British MPs: ECHR Provides Drug Use Protection
August 27, 2015
In a recent report, the British All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform argues that drug users could invoke the provision in the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR"), guaranteeing the right to "private and family life," to support their purchase and possession of drugs.
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Elliott Highlights Differences Between "Europe" and "EU"
August 26, 2015
Matthew Elliott of the group Business for Britain has called for those debating the referendum on the UK's membership in the EU to respect the difference between "Europe" and the institutions of the European Union, arguing that a Britain departing the EU would still remain part of Europe even as it found new trading partners in a "globalised world."