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Economist: Euro Results in "Misery" for Greece, Creditors
July 22, 2015
An article in The Economist argues that, by forcing the Greek Government to agree to stringent reforms and the country's creditors to constantly monitor the country's progress in order to keep it bound to the eurozone, the euro currency has "become a ruthless generator of misery" for nearly all parties in the recent bailout agreement.
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ECtHR: Refusal to Recognize Gay Civil Unions Violates Rights
July 21, 2015
An article in The Economist observes that the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") has followed in the footsteps of the US Supreme Court, which recently declared a constitutional right to gay marriage, in finding that Italy violated the rights of gay couples by failing to legally recognize same-sex civil unions.
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EU Official Laments Voluntary Migrant Resettlement Plan
July 21, 2015
EUobserver reports that the European Commissioner for migration issues Dimitris Avramopoulos has expressed his disappointment with a voluntary resettlement scheme for tens of thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East, which this week failed to meet the Commission's 40,000-migrant target for resettlement due to objections from EU member countries.
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French President Proposes Eurozone Government
July 21, 2015
Arguing that the lack of strong supranational institutions is a threat to Europe, French President François Hollande has called for the 19 countries in the eurozone to be bound by a central government, including a common budget and parliament.
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Report Shows Waste in EU Development Aid
July 21, 2015
A report from the British organization the TaxPayers' Alliance shows that the EU's European Development Fund, into which the UK contributes approximately £300 million each year, has funded such projects as trapeze classes in Tanzania and a "study on Pacific coconut development."
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