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EU Warns Countries to Adopt "Bail-in" Rules
June 01, 2015
The European Commission has warned 11 EU member states that it will launch legal action against them if they do not implement the EU bank recovery and resolution directive, requiring banks to contribute to a fund that will limit the exposure of taxpayers to potential bank bailouts.
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NGO Calls for EU to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
June 01, 2015
The Director of the nongovernmental organization Green Budget Europe has published an article calling on the European Commission to pressure EU member states to eliminate public fossil fuel subsidies in order to fight global warming.
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EU Issues Proposal on Migrant Quotas
June 01, 2015
The New York Times reports that the European Commission has formally proposed a quota system under which EU member states will be required to take set numbers of migrants, particularly those who have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy and Greece from Libya, over the next two years.
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Pearson: ECHR-Inspired Act Makes Britain Less Safe
May 29, 2015
Allison Pearson writes that the U.K. Human Rights Act, which requires British judges to "take into account" rulings from a supranational court on the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR"), makes the British people less safe by hamstringing the authority of the government to protect them.
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Elliott: Not All U.K. Businesses Favor EU
May 29, 2015
Matthew Elliott of Business for Britain writes that, far from presenting a unified voice in favor of staying in the EU, business leaders in the U.K. have a wide range of opinions on whether Britain should remain in the bloc and tend to back calls for EU reform.
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