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UK Officials Eye Extension of Brexit Transition
June 25, 2018
Bloomberg reports that senior officials in the UK are discussing the extension of the planned "transition" period, during which Britain would remain subject to EU customs and other rules and subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU, beyond December 2020 to permit the country's development of new border measures.
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EC Aims to Ramp up DiscoverEU Project
June 25, 2018
AP reports that, in its efforts to promote a transnational, "European" identity and increase support for the political aims of the EU project, the European Commission (EC) is seeking to expand funding for its recently launched DiscoverEU initiative, which funds the travel of young people to explore other EU member states, to 100 million euros.
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Times Editorial Warns of Blowback from EU Funding Threats
June 25, 2018
An editorial in The New York Times warns that proposals within the EU institutions to respond to threats to the rule of law in EU member states by cutting their access to development funding would only embolden the leaders of these countries in their criticisms of the liberal, "know-it-all" West.
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Peers Seek "Limited" ECJ Oversight After Brexit
June 25, 2018
A recent report issued by the UK House of Lords' EU Committee calls for the UK government to accept "specified and limited" jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to continue dealing with EU agencies after Brexit and laments that the loss of ECJ jurisdiction will "weaken" the rights of British individuals.
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Belgian PM Seeks Rule of Law "Peer Review" in EU
June 22, 2018
Politico reports that Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has called for a "peer review" system among European countries to review potential threats to the rule of law in the region, arguing that such a mechanism would sidestep national sovereignty concerns inherent in a process that centers in the EU institutions.
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