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Committee Calls for Special EU Status for Northern Ireland
March 21, 2017
A committee of the Oireachtas, the legislative body of Ireland, has called for Irish authorities to negotiate a "special status" for Northern Ireland within the EU that would permit citizens of Northern Ireland to retain EU citizenship and access to the bloc's "single market" after Brexit.
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Hungary Warns EU to Maintain Trade with UK
March 21, 2017
In a recent interview, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto cautioned the EU against "alienating" the UK through an unfavorable post-Brexit trade deal, arguing that a low-tariff agreement keeping the UK in the European orbit would be much preferred to a situation where the UK finds better deals elsewhere.
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Austria Proposes EU Funding Cuts over Refugee Quotas
March 20, 2017
Prior to a recent EU summit, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern stated that he would discuss with other EU member states cutting the bloc's funding to countries such as Poland and Hungary if they fail to meet their EU-imposed quotas on the resettlement of of refugees within their territories.
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ECtHR: Russia Sent Prisoners Too Far from Families
March 20, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Russia violated the rights of prisoners to respect for family life by incarcerating them in penal facilities ranging from 2,000 to 8,000 kilometers from the residences of their close relations and by refusing their requests to be transferred to closer locations.
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UK Official Considers EU Arrest Warrant a "Priority"
March 20, 2017
In remarks to the UK House of Commons, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has confirmed that the British Government sees retention of access to the European Arrest Warrant, which permits EU governments to require other countries to arrest and send criminal suspects to their territory for trial, as a "priority" in upcoming Brexit negotiations.
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