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Lawyer Critiques UK Plans to Remain in EU Internal Market
July 11, 2018
Victoria Hewson, a lawyer from the Institute of Economic Affairs in London, explains why UK government plans to remain in the EU’s internal market for goods are illusory given the result of the country’s Brexit referendum, as the EU would require the UK to accept all of its regulations as well as the principle of free movement in return for such access.
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Rees-Mogg Explains Benefits of "Outward-Looking" Brexit
July 11, 2018
UK Member of Parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg recently delivered a lecture in which he outlined a robust view of an outward-facing Britain that looks beyond the “narrow European sphere” and is “open to the world” and true to its long constitutional tradition after its departure from the EU.
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ECB Chief Seeks Eurozone Fund for Debt Crises
July 10, 2018
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi recently called for a new "fiscal instrument" through which the ECB would provide government-backed relief to struggling eurozone governments facing penalties from investors during debt crises, as an "extra layer of stabilisation" aimed to continue EU economic convergence through large shocks.
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EC Proposes New Mandates for Online Companies
July 09, 2018
The law firm Covington & Burling has published an analysis of the European Commission's (EC) recent proposal for an e-Evidence Initiative that would grant law-enforcement officers of EU member states new tools to access data across the globe and would require online-service providers to maintain a data officer in each member state.
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EU Summit Reaches Limited Deal on Refugee Centers
June 29, 2018
Politico reports that leaders of EU institutions and member states have secured a deal to create voluntary "controlled centers" in the EU to process and house asylum seekers, including aspirational language on limiting the free movement of asylum seekers throughout the EU and setting up migrant centers outside the bloc's borders.
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