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Brexit Provokes Worries on EU Free Trade, Regulation
December 05, 2017
An article in The Economist raises concerns the Britain's departure from the EU will mean the loss of a hard-line voice on free trade and the perils of over-regulation from the supranational bloc but predicts that Brexit may ultimately spur on the idea of a more "flexible" Europe that "accommodates a variety of preferences" from different tiers of membership.
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NGO Supports ECtHR Complaint over Global Warming
December 04, 2017
The Guardian reports that the nongovernmental organization Global Legal Action Network is supporting an initiative of a group of Portuguese children to fund a complaint before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against 47 European countries over their alleged failure to limit the impacts of global warming and prevent its violation of their human rights.
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Pro-EU Observers Duel over Catalonia Conflict
December 04, 2017
Dueling commentary in Politico demonstrates the growing rift among pro-EU civil society groups over how to resolve the conflict over Catalonian independence, with some calling for the EU to take a more active stance as mediator and offer Catalonia a more powerful role in the EU and others pushing for the EU to treat the conflict as purely an internal matter for Spain to resolve.
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Multi-Speed EU Proposal Gains Civil Society Support
December 04, 2017
Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform calls on European leaders to heed the calls from French President Emmanuel Macron for a "two-speed" EU that "leaves reluctant countries behind and allows others to move ahead on key policies," as this model would be a more-attractive system for potential future members.
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Singham: UK Must Avoid Tight Ties to EU Regulation
December 04, 2017
Shanker Singham of the Legatum Institute writes that, following Brexit, the UK must avoid binding itself too closely to an EU model of "anti-competitive regulation that will destroy wealth" across the globe but rather should be a global promoter of free trade at the World Trade Organization and beyond.
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