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The EU will conduct its First-Ever Audit on Rule-of-Law
September 30, 2020
In a move to further create cohesion within the bloc, the European Union will conduct its first-ever audit on rule-of-law, focusing on four issues across all 27 EU countries: national justice systems, the fight against corruption, media pluralism and freedom, and checks and balances.
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Politico: Poland and Hungary to Set Up Rule of Law Institute to Challenge Brussels
September 29, 2020
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau announced at a joint press conference a plan to create a new institute to assess how the rule of law is being upheld across the EU, arguing the need to ensure their countries are not treated unfairly under what they describe as Brussels' "double standards."
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Von der Leyen Seeks Universal Migration Plan for EU
September 23, 2020
After finding consensus for a Covid 19 recovery plan, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen seeks to create a common migration policy for all of Europe that she hopes will bring "together all aspects of migration, border management and screening, asylum and integration, and return and relations with international partners."
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EU Plans to Take on Human Rights Abusers
September 21, 2020
Amid a global assault on human rights stretching from Belarus to Hong Kong to Yemen, Europe's chief executive, Ursula von der Leyen, announced in her first-ever State of the Union speech that she will bring forth a European Magnitsky Act, a sanctions framework modeled after a U.S. law that restricts malign actors' access to travel and the global financial system.
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The Daily Mail: Tens of Thousands of British Expat Accounts to be Closed Post-Brexit
September 21, 2020
Tens of thousands of British banking customers who live in Europe are to be stripped of their accounts and credit cards, after the UK Government failed to guarantee a continuation of pan-European banking rules post-Brexit.
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