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UK Peer: House of Lords Risks Legitimacy on Brexit
February 21, 2017
The Daily Mail reports that, following the UK House of Commons' passage of a bill authorizing Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger negotiations over the country's exit from the EU, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Lamont warned that the House of Lords would risk its "survival" as an unelected body if it amended the bill to place conditions on Brexit.
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Polish Leader Criticizes "Two-Speed" EU Approach
February 21, 2017
Head of the ruling Polish Law and Justice Party Jarosław Kaczyński has warned that the model of "two-speed" European integration recently suggested by several EU leaders, under which the federalization of Europe would take place more gradually in some member states than in others, would lead to the bloc's "breakdown."
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ECtHR: German Inheritance Law Violates Rights
February 21, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights has held that a German law prohibiting a woman from administering her deceased father's estate because she was born out of wedlock before a statutory cut-off point of 1949 had violated the woman's rights against discrimination and to respect for her private and family life.
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Irish Official Predicts Post-Brexit Border Deal
February 21, 2017
In testimony before the UK Parliament's Northern Ireland Select Committee, Irish Ambassador to the UK Daniel Mulhall asserted that it would not be "remotely possible" to establish a "hard border," including customs checks and the prevention of the free movement of people, between Ireland and Northern Ireland following the UK's exit from the EU.
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Official: Greek Debt "Haircut" Means Leaving Euro
February 21, 2017
Bloomberg reports that, as Greek, EU, and International Monetary Fund officials approach another potential standoff over Greece's debt, German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has asserted that any reduction of Greece's debt obligations would violate EU treaty rules and must result in Greece departing the euro currency.
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