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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.
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British MP: Renegotiation Provides Opportunity for EU Reform
November 04, 2015
UK Member of Parliament ("MP") Andrew Tyrie writes that Britain's renegotiation of competences with the EU provides the Brussels institutions and EU member states the opportunity to implement reforms ensuring that a powerful voice on behalf of national governments counters the unsustainable drive toward "ever-closer union."
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Iceland PM: Decision to Avoid EU Was Correct
November 04, 2015
POLITICO reports that based on his country's ability to maintain its currency, its authority over economic and financial policy, and its control over natural resources, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has stated that Iceland "dodged a bullet" by declining to join the European Union.