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Danish Minister Warns U.K. on "Opt-Out" Regime
May 28, 2015
The Foreign Minister of Denmark Martin Lidegaard has stated recently that he would warn the British Government, prior to negotiations over taking back powers from the EU, that Denmark's regime of EU "opt-outs" on issues like justice and defense have produced problems for the country.
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France and Germany Seek EU Minimum Corporate Tax
May 28, 2015
The Telegraph reports that the governments of France and Germany have agreed to propose EU legislation establishing a minimum corporate tax across the bloc.
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Lord Judge Expresses Concern on ECtHR Influence
May 27, 2015
Former Lord Chief Justice Judge has indicated that he has “great reservations” about the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) countering decisions of the U.K. Parliament and that the U.K. must make a clear decision on the future of the British Human Rights Act.
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Judge: ECtHR Judgments Do Not Bind U.K. Courts
May 27, 2015
Lord Justice Leveson of the U.K. Queen's Bench Division has argued that although U.K. judges initially looked upon judgments from the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) as binding, they have more recently understood that they are not required to follow these precedents.
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New U.K. Migrant Rules Require EU Reform
May 27, 2015
Pawel Swidlicki of Open Europe writes that in order to achieve his goal of reducing migration from the EU, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron must convince EU and other national leaders that the bloc’s free movement principle must take into account an array of benefits systems.
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