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UK May Accept Lingering Post-Brexit ECJ Jurisdiction
August 21, 2017
The Daily Telegraph reports that UK officials have expressed the government's willingness to subject Britain to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) until the end of any post-Brexit transition period, leaving open the possibility that the ECJ may still be resolving British cases as late as the year 2027.
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Czech Republic Sues EU over Gun Directive
August 17, 2017
Reuters reports that the government of the Czech Republic has sued the EU over a recent directive banning some types of semi-automatic firearms and requiring increased registration of other weapons, arguing that such a policy would unnecessarily target hunters and drive many guns to the black market.
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UK Official: EU Plans to Limit UK Residency Rights
August 17, 2017
Reuters reports that, according to a letter from UK Brexit Secreetary David Davis, the EU’s current offer to the UK in Brexit negotiations stipulates that Britons living in Europe would retain residency rights only in their current country of residence after Brexit and would not have the right to move to another EU country.
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UK’s Brexit Bill Could Remove Right to Sue Government
August 17, 2017
The Independent reports that the UK Parliament’s latest draft of a bill that would cause the country to leave the EU includes a provision that would take away the right for British citizens to sue the UK government for damages resulting from government activity, a method of redress currently allowed under EU case law.
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Irish Official Criticizes EU's Apple Tax Demand
August 17, 2017
In a recent interview, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe criticized the European Commission's demand that Ireland collect €13 billion from tech giant Apple in back taxes and warned that the EU should be focusing on completing its banking union rather than establishing a eurozone budget and finance minister.
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