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London Report: Leaving EU Is "Viable Option"
August 06, 2014
A report on the U.K.'s relationship with the EU commissioned by London Mayor Boris Johnson finds that a British exit from the bloc would be a "viable option" for London and that the only way the British Government can achieve significant reforms in the EU is if it is serious about the possibility of leaving.
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Elliott: EU Financial Tsar Would Be "Disaster" for U.K.
August 06, 2014
Matthew Elliott of Business for Britain writes that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's plans for a powerful EU financial directorate would be "a call for Britain to accept flagrant economic self-harm."
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Craddock: EU Denies Participatory Democracy
August 06, 2014
Josh Craddock writes that the European Commission's summary dismissal of the "One of Us" citizens' initiative, which sought to prevent EU funding of embryo destruction, demonstrates the existence of a "democratic deficit" in the EU.
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Grayling Announces Plans for U.K. Human Rights Act Repeal
August 06, 2014
U.K. Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling says the Conservative Party will issue a policy document outlining plans to repeal the U.K. Human Rights Act in favor of a British Bill of Rights, and to reinstate supremacy of British courts over human rights law.
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House of Lords Committee Criticizes "Right to Be Forgotten"
August 06, 2014
A report from the House of Lords Committee on the EU finds that the Court of Justice of the EU's recent decision establishing a right to have one's information removed from online search results gives EU citizens a right that is neither enforceable by governments nor practicable for companies to carry out.
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