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Former Official Calls for EU FBI for Customs
December 01, 2017
The former head of the EU"s anti-fraud office Giovanni Kessler has called for the establishment of a European version of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for customs that combats fraud and smuggling at the borders of EU member states and implements a unified customs standard based on a consistent approach to border controls.
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Catalan Separatists Lament Lack of EU Support
December 01, 2017
An article in The Washington Post highlights the disappointment of Catalan campaigners that the EU has not supported its calls for separation and has not investigated its complaints against anti-protester violence by Spanish authorities during their ongoing push for independence from Spain.
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UK Seeks to Satisfy ECtHR on Prisoner Voting
November 30, 2017
The BBC reports that the British Government is planning to extend the right to vote to convicted criminals serving less than a year in prison and out on day-release to satisfy a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling against the UK's blanket ban on prisoner voting.
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EIB Predicts 35-Year Delay in UK Refund
November 30, 2017
The BBC reports that Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Alexander Stubb has stated that, despite Britain's expected departure from the EU 35 years before then, the EIB will not fully repay the UK government its billions of euros of investments in the bank until the year 2054.
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ECJ Official Finds Facebook Subject to All EU Data Regimes
November 30, 2017
Fortune reports that Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Yves Bot has advised that any data-protection agency within the EU has the authority to take action against Facebook for violating data-privacy rules, potentially subjecting the tech giant to dozens of competing regimes of data regulation.
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