European Institutions

  • Newman: UK Customs Partnership Proposal Is Bad Policy, Politics

    June 26, 2018

    Henry Newman of the think tank Open Europe writes that the UK government's recent proposal for a "Customs Partnership" with the EU after Brexit risks a "major rupture" in the governing party, would be bad policy lopsided in favor of the EU, and could violate British law.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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