European Institutions

  • British Businesses Support Transfer of Power from Brussels

    September 03, 2014

    Reuters reports that a recent poll shows over half of U.K. businesses support the striking of a new deal between Britain and the EU that would return authority to the national capital.

  • U.K. Conservative MP Switches to Anti-EU Party

    August 29, 2014

    U.K. Member of Parliament ("MP") Douglas Carswell has announced his defection from the Conservative Party in order to join the U.K. Independence Party ("UKIP") and has called a by-election that may give UKIP, whose platform includes a call for Britain to withdraw from the EU, its first MP.

  • EU Vacuum Directive Riles British Businesses

    August 27, 2014

    U.K. companies are criticizing a new EU directive banning the production and importation of vacuum cleaners that operate on over 1600 watts and requiring businesses to place an "energy rating" on vacuum packaging.

  • COE Expresses Concern over Missouri Police Response to Protesters

    August 27, 2014

    Secretary General of the Council of Europe ("COE") Thorbjørn Jagland has voiced concern at the use of force by Missouri police on individuals protesting the recent shooting of teenager Michael Brown and calls on the U.S. "to look into the socio-economic background" of why protesters took to the streets.

  • O'Neill: EU "Right to Be Forgotten" Erodes Freedom

    August 20, 2014

    Brendan O'Neill writes in The Telegraph that the Court of Justice of the EU's decision requiring search engines to eliminate links to information deemed irrelevant is eroding media freedom and the public's "right to know" about facts that have previously been reported on news sites.

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