European Institutions

  • Swiss Government Proposes Cap on Free Movement

    February 12, 2015

    Following a successful referendum on limiting immigration from the EU, the Swiss Government has proposed a draft law that would introduce caps on the number of people permitted to move to Switzerland for work.

  • ECHR Maintains U.K. Prisoner Voting Ban Violates Convention

    February 11, 2015

    The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") has issued a ruling reiterating its finding that the U.K.'s blanket ban on prisoner voting is a human rights violation but declining to order the payment of monetary damages to the complainants.

  • Heath Warns of Rift in Euroskeptic Parties

    February 11, 2015

    Allister Heath writes that mainstream euroskeptics in Britain should use their libertarian, pro-free market policies as an example to countries across Europe that are increasingly supporting populist, socialist parties advocating for dissolution of the EU.

  • EU and Ministers Call for "Energy Union"

    February 11, 2015

    At a recent meeting in Riga, Latvia, energy ministers from EU member states pushed for an EU-wide energy union, as European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic called on countries to move away from "28 national policies" on energy.

  • EU Parliament Resists Passenger Record Proposal

    February 11, 2015

    EurActiv reports that despite pressure from national governments, a group of European Parliament members are maintaining their stance against a European Commission proposal to create an EU-wide database that would store information on travelers across the bloc.

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