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French Official Seeks Ambition in EU Banking Union Plans
January 17, 2018
Reuters reports that French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has called on EU leaders to finalize new steps toward completing the EU banking union, including by introducing new financial regulations and harmonizing tax rules across the eurozone, by the beginning of the year 2019.
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Leaders in Hungary, Ireland Oppose EU Tax Harmonization
January 17, 2018
New Europe reports that, at a recent news conference, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar opposed calls from other EU leaders to centralize the administration of corporate tax rules within the bloc.
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UK Groups Criticize Plans to Drop EU Charter
January 17, 2018
The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission and a group of nongovernmental organizations have published a letter warning that, under current British government plans following Brexit, UK citizens will no longer be able to challenge British laws they say fail to adhere to EU-based human rights provisions.
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ECJ Official Finds Residency Rights for Same-Sex Spouses
January 17, 2018
The New York Times reports that Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Advocate General Melchior Wathelet has advised the ECJ to rule that, regardless of their policies on gay marriage, EU member states must recognize the right of same-sex spouses to live and work in their territories to the same degree they permit opposite-sex spouses to do so.
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Polish President Blames EU for "Disillusionment"
January 16, 2018
AP reports that, in recent remarks, Polish President Andrzej Duda placed partial blame for "social disillusionment" with European integration on EU institutions' failure to respond to the interests of all EU members and warned that these institutions should not "stigmatize, divide and antagonize European nations."
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