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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.
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Straubhaar: Europe Needs U.S. to Defend Western Values
April 01, 2015
Professor Thomas Straubhaar of the University of Hamburg writes that European countries are "fighting a losing battle" for Western principles if they do not rely on cooperation with the U.S. and that negotiating a comprehensive trade agreement between the U.S. and EU is therefore of "fundamental importance."
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British MPs Criticize BBC Coverage of EU
March 25, 2015
Members of Parliament ("MPs") on the U.K. European Scrutiny Committee have published a report criticizing the British Broadcasting Corporation ("BBC") for allegedly biased coverage on issues relating to the EU.
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