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EU Launches Legal Action over Energy Efficiency
April 08, 2015
EurActiv reports that the European Commission has brought legal actions against 27 of the 28 EU member states for failure to comply with the EU Energy Efficiency Directive.
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EU Seeks to Integrate "Digital Economy"
April 08, 2015
Draft proposals recently released by the European Commission would reduce national government control over managing mobile telephone frequencies and would seek to overcome limitations within the EU to cross-border access of online markets.
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Report Seeks Non-Application of ECHR on Battlefield
April 01, 2015
Responding to increasing U.K. human rights litigation relating to actions of soldiers on the battlefield, a report from the think tank Policy Exchange argues that Britain should exercise its right to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") during times of military conflict.
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MEP Calls for EU Parliament to Cut Red Tape
April 01, 2015
U.K. Member of the European Parliament ("MEP") Vicky Ford, head of the Parliament's internal market and consumer protection committee, has called for the body to back new reforms, including a "one in, one out" policy, to cut Brussels red tape that she argues is burdening European businesses.
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MEPs Criticize Inefficient Spending of EU Money
April 01, 2015
Members of the European Parliament's ("MEPs") budgetary control committee warned in two recent votes that EU member states are not spending the bloc's money effectively.