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Cameron Sets out EU Renegotiation Goals
November 11, 2015
In a speech and letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, UK Prime Minister David Cameron called for reforms in the British relationship with the EU, including measures that would prevent eurozone countries from discriminating against the UK, immigration reform, and an end to "ever closer union."
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ECB President Pushes for Completed Banking Union
November 06, 2015
In recent remarks, President of the European Central Bank ("ECB") Mario Draghi reflected on the EU's establishment of a "single supervisory mechanism" for the eurozone as a step toward the completion of a eurozone monetary and banking union in the coming years.
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Committee Seeks EU Drone Guidelines
November 06, 2015
The European Parliament's Transport Committee has called for EU guidelines that would provide a framework for how EU countries should regulate drone use, with an eye to public safety and privacy.
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EU, Other Institutions Launch "Social Rights" Platform
November 05, 2015
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Council of Europe, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, and the European Network of Equality Bodies have launched a Collaborative Platform on Social and Economic Rights in order to further such nontraditional "human rights" throughout Europe.
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Poland Blocks EU Accession to Kyoto Extension
November 05, 2015
POLITICO reports that President Andrzej Duda has vetoed a measure from the Polish Parliament ratifying an extension of the 1997 Kyoto climate protocol that commits countries to lowering their greenhouse gas emissions, effectively blocking the EU as a bloc from signing on to the extension.