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Germany Pushes for New EU Data Directive
January 20, 2015
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the European Commission to draft a new EU directive setting out a minimum data retention period to permit police to access the records of terrorism suspects.
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Bulgaria Seeks to Join Euro
January 16, 2015
Despite the country's poor credit rating, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has announced that Bulgaria has begun talks to join the euro currency.
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EU Commission: Luxembourg Tax Deal May Be "State Aid"
January 16, 2015
The European Commission has released a preliminary finding that a tax deal between Luxembourg and Amazon, made while current Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was the country's Prime Minister, was "state aid" and therefore contrary to EU law.
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ECJ Attorney Finds EU Monetary Program Lawful
January 14, 2015
Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU Pedro Cruz Villalon has found, in a nonbinding opinion, that a program under which the European Central Bank buys eurozone government debt is lawful so long as it abides by safeguards intended to prevent direct state aid to EU member states.
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U.K.'s May Leads Call for EU Passenger Database
January 14, 2015
The Guardian reports that British Home Secretary Theresa May has been leading proposals for an EU travel database that would seek to track the movement of air, train, and ferry passengers in the bloc in order to intercept suspected terrorists.
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