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Eastern European Courts Sign Association Agreement
October 29, 2015
An Association of Constitutional Justice of the Countries of the Baltic and Black Sea Regions signed by the Presidents of the Constitutional Courts of the Republic of Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, and Ukraine will seek to promote the rule of law, democracy, and human rights and to support their countries' decision to move toward European integration.
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Officials Seek to Circumvent EU Parliament on "Brexit"
October 29, 2015
POLITICO reports that UK and European Commission officials are looking for ways to "sideline" the European Parliament on issues, especially related to immigration, involved in negotiations between the UK and the EU in their negotiations to prevent an exit of Britain from the bloc.
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Slovenia Warns of EU Breakup Without Migrant Plan
October 29, 2015
Prime Minister of Slovenia Miro Cerar has warned that if EU member countries do not solve the ongoing migration crisis, which is driving an unprecedented number of people through his country's borders, "then it is the end of the European Union as such."
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Juncker Laments Risks to EU Integration
October 29, 2015
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned that due to a struggling economy and "fissures and fractures" at the national level, Europe's "love affair" with EU integration is declining.
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EU Proposes Institutions to Further Fiscal Integration
October 28, 2015
Reuters reports that in its efforts to push forward economic and fiscal union in the eurozone, the European Commission has proposed the creation of Competitiveness Boards to evaluate economic policy in each eurozone country and a European Fiscal Board that would advise on eurozone fiscal policy and coordinate with national boards.