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EU, NGOs Create New Plan for "Social Rights"
March 31, 2017
Academics Claire Kilpatrick, Elise Muir, and Sacha Garben outline how EU institutions are consulting with nongovernmental organizations to shape legislation called the European Pillar of Social Rights into "a vehicle for a wide range of proposals on resetting Social Europe" and call for the development of the Pillar to be based on the principle of "social justice."
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EU Committee Seeks Common Health Policy
March 30, 2017
EurActiv reports that the EU Committee of the Regions has called on EU institutions to address a "disparity" in the quality of national health systems by working toward the harmonization, and centralization, of European health policy in Brussels.
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EU Official Backs off Polish Sanction Threat
March 30, 2017
Faced with Polish resistance over the European Commission's demands under the EU Rule of Law Mechanism to resolve a conflict over the country's Constitutional Tribunal, Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans has signaled his body will not pursue sanctions under the Mechanism, as such a step would be "self-defeating."
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Poland Threatens Action over EU "Multi-Speed" Policy
March 30, 2017
Bloomberg reports that, prior to the recent EU summit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the bloc in Rome, Prime Minister of Poland Beata Szydlo pledged not to sign any multilateral document committing the EU to a "multi-speed" model permitting part of the bloc to federalize at a faster rate than others.
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Juncker Confirms Budget Demand for Brexit Talks
March 30, 2017
In a recent interview, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker confirmed that EU negotiators will demand in talks over Brexit that the UK pay approximately $62 billion toward what EU leaders say are its budget obligations to the bloc and indicated that a priority in the negotiations will be to incentivize other EU members not to leave.
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