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Australian PM Calls for Quick Trade Deal with UK
July 12, 2017
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans to conclude a comprehensive free trade deal with the UK as soon as the country is free to sign such an agreement after its departure from the EU.
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Telegraph: UK Must Walk away from Any "Bad" Brexit Deal
July 11, 2017
An editorial in The Telegraph asserts that, given the combative negotiating stance of other EU member states toward Brexit-related issues such as the size of Britain's "divorce bill," the UK Government must make clear that it is willing to walk away from the EU with no deal.
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Italian Paper Seeks "Supranational" EU Legislators
July 10, 2017
The Daily Telegraph reports that a paper presented by the Italian government to a recent meeting of EU ministers calls for the 73 seats in the European Parliament that will become vacant as a result of Brexit to be shifted to representatives of the entire EU "constituency," in an effort toward "strengthening the sense of 'togetherness'" of nationals throughout the supranational bloc.
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EU Seeks Continued ECJ Authority over UK
July 05, 2017
The Guardian reports that a paper developed by the EU's Brexit taskforce calls for the continued authority of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to “request a lump sum or a penalty payment” from the UK government in cases of a violation of the rights of EU citizens following Britain's departure from the bloc.
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Official Predicts Advancement of EU Military Efforts
June 29, 2017
Following a recent meeting of EU defense ministers in Malta, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini asserted that defense cooperation, toward the creation of some form of common military structure, "is one of the fields where European Union integration is advancing the most."
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