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CoE Official Calls for French Review of Treatment of “Yellow Vests”
March 04, 2019
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has called on French authorities to review their police procedures in responding to the “yellow vest” protesters to ensure they comply with obligations to respect human rights during protests and refrain from restricting the freedom of peaceful assembly.
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Former London Official Explains Challenges Backstop Poses for Brexit
March 04, 2019
Former Deputy Chairman of Transport for London and adviser to the Mayor of London Daniel Moylan explains the significance of the “Irish backstop” provisions in the UK-EU withdrawal deal in terms of the future lack of independence from EU structures they would mean for Britain.
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Lawyer: UK’s Brexit Strategy Is Stymying Trade Talks
March 04, 2019
Trade lawyer Shanker Singham writes that the UK Department for International Trade has made more progress than recently reported in improving British trade prospects in case of a no-deal Brexit despite the UK’s inconsistent negotiating strategy with the EU hindering the ability of the agency to strike meaningful deals with other countries.
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UK Opposition Party Calls for Second Brexit Referendum
March 01, 2019
The head of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has announced his party’s support for a new British referendum on leaving the EU that would include an option on the ballot whether to overturn the result of the 2016 referendum that triggered the Brexit process.
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EU Leaders Support Brexit Delay
March 01, 2019
The Independent reports that President of the EU Council Donald Tusk and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar have supported a delayed Brexit, with the EU Council chief referring to a delay as a “rational” response to the failure of the EU and UK Prime Minister Theresa May to reach a withdrawal deal that is acceptable to the British Parliament.
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