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EC Initiates Sanctions Process Against Poland
December 20, 2017
Politico reports that the European Commission (EC) has, for the first time, triggered the EU's process of sanctioning a member state for failing to uphold the core values of the bloc in an action against Poland over judicial independence concerns caused by an array of court reforms pursued by the country's government.
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NGOs Call for Expansive Rights Agenda in Southern Europe
December 20, 2017
Representatives from a group of civil society organizations at a recent event hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee called for greater rights protections in Europe’s Mediterranean Basin, including greater support for migrants, increased protections for women, and better "social protection" for residents.
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EU Bodies Reach Climate Land Use Agreement
December 20, 2017
The European Council and the European Parliament have reached an agreement to move forward with a proposal to regulate land use in line with the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement and as part of the EU’s Energy Union initiative.
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EU Council: Bank Guidelines Overstep ECB Authority
December 20, 2017
Reuters reports that the Council of the EU, adding its voice to that of the European Parliament, has issued a legal opinion that the European Central Bank (ECB) does not have the authority to issue guidelines it has proposed for banks across the eurozone advising that they set aside additional cash to deal with bad loans.
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ECtHR: Romania Violated Ill Prisoner's Right to Dignity
December 20, 2017
In a November judgment, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that Romanian authorities had failed to take into account proper "humanitarian considerations" by keeping a man with terminal metastatic prostate cancer in prison and had violated European human rights law by preventing the prisoner "from spending his final days in dignity."
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