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MEPs Support Independent Scotland in EU
May 24, 2017
The Scotsman reports that 50 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have signed a letter to the Scottish Parliament supporting the "swift" entry of an independent Scotland into the EU, raising concerns over EU interference in UK domestic politics and sovereignty.
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ECtHR: Transgender Sterilization Law Violated Rights
May 24, 2017
The New York Times reports that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held a French law requiring people who wish to change the sex listed on their government documents to be sterilized violated the human right to "respect for private and family life."
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Negotiator Seeks Post-Brexit EU Rights for Britons
May 24, 2017
The European Parliament's chief negotiator for Brexit, Guy Verhofstadt, recently called for the EU and UK to negotiate an agreement permitting British nationals to retain their EU-guaranteed rights after the country departs the bloc, leaving open the possibility that the Court of Justice of the EU would continue to operate in Britain to adjudicate those rights following Brexit.
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UK Official Predicts Post-Brexit Free Movement
May 23, 2017
Reuters reports that UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has speculated that the UK and EU could agree in the next two years to a post-Brexit transition period during which nationals from EU member states would automatically be permitted entry into Britain.
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Eurogroup Chair: UK Must Heed EU Banking Standards
May 22, 2017
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, chairman of the informal conference of eurozone member states called the Eurogroup, predicted at a recent conference that, in order to strike a post-Brexit financial sector agreement with the EU, the UK would have to agree in the future to permit a body to "regularly assess" whether its banking regulation is sufficiently close to European standards.
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