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Rutte Dismisses Federalized Future for Post-Brexit EU
March 27, 2018
Offering his vision for how the EU should move forward without the UK after Brexit, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte asserted that the supranational bloc is not "an unstoppable train speeding towards federalism" and called for the EU budget to shrink due to the departure of one of its main contributors.
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Hungarian Official Blames Brexit on EU Institutions
March 26, 2018
Politico reports that, during a visit with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó referred to Brexit as "Brussels' failure" and warned that the UK's vote to leave the bloc would cause a "huge problem" from the perspective of EU institutions.
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NYT Editorial: Sanction Poland over Rule-of-Law Threats
March 26, 2018
The New York Times editorial board has called for the EU institutions to impose sanctions on the Polish government over changes to the country's laws governing the judiciary and legislation prohibiting suggestions of Polish complicity in the Holocaust, either by restricting Poland's EU voting rights or by stripping the country of development funding.
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May Rejects EU Regulatory Control over Northern Ireland
March 26, 2018
The Independent reports that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected an EU proposal for Northern Ireland to remain aligned with the EU customs union as part of a "common regulatory area" to avoid a "hard" border between the UK country and the Republic of Ireland.
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EP Calls for Sanctions over Polish Rule-of-Law Conflict
March 26, 2018
Politico reports that the European Parliament (EP) has voted in favor of triggering a sanctions process set out in EU law against the Polish government, calling on the Council of the EU to "swiftly determine" whether Poland is at risk of a systemic breach of rule-of-law principles due to legal changes related to the country's judiciary.
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