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German Official: UK Election May Lead to "Soft Brexit"
August 07, 2017
AP reports that, following the UK's June general election, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel expressed his hope that the results would coax Britain toward a "soft Brexit," in which the country would retain membership of the EU "single market," continue to be subject to free-movement rules, and accept the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU.
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UK Officials Say No Brexit Deal Without Trade Talks
August 07, 2017
Reuters reports that a spokesperson for the UK's Brexit ministry said in June that the British Government would not agree to a deal on the terms of the country's exit from the EU unless the agreement takes into account aspects of the UK's future relationship with the bloc, including on trade policy.
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MEP: UK Has Lost Right to EU Opt-outs
August 07, 2017
The Guardian reports that Belgian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Guy Verhofstadt, who is coordinator for the body on Brexit, has asserted that, by triggering its exit from the EU, Britain has lost its ability to return to the body in the future on the same membership terms, including with "perks" such as budget rebates and opt-outs from justice and security policy areas.
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ECtHR Finds Violation in Jury Instructions on Defamation
August 07, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that an Irish court violated the right to free expression of a newspaper by refusing, in compliance with Irish Supreme Court case law, to suggest to a jury in a defamation case against the newspaper a range of potential damage awards that could be appropriate, thus leaving the jury free to calculate very high damages.
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EU Criticizes Central Europe on Asylum Policies
August 07, 2017
In June, the European Commission presented four progress reports on measures related to the European Agenda on Migration in which it criticized EU member states Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic for not complying with their "legal obligation" to take in asylum seekers and called for more action toward an effective European Border and Coast Guard.
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