-
EU Prepares Demand for Brexit Payments
February 27, 2017
The Daily Telegraph reports that, according to sources from a meeting of the European Commission's top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and representatives from EU member states, EU leaders are planning to call on the UK to pay approximately 60 billion euros in installments until 2023 to fill EU budget gaps created by Britain's departure from the bloc.
-
Solana: Put EU Ahead of National Interests
February 27, 2017
Former EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of NATO Javier Solana calls for European countries to adopt a "European Union first" policy that would "compel" national officials to consider factors outside of "narrow national interest" in making decisions affecting their people and to help "consolidate" EU institutions.
-
EU Official Pushes for Eurozone Finance Minister
February 27, 2017
Reuters reports that, in a recent speech in Vienna, European Commissioner for economic and financial affairs Pierre Moscovici called for the creation of new eurozone institutions, including a finance minister who would administer a common eurozone budget, in the wake of the UK's departure from the EU.
-
MEPs Reject Call for Universal Income
February 27, 2017
EurActiv reports that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted to reject provisions of a report from the body's Legal Affairs Committee calling for the taxation of robots and the establishment of a universal basic income for Europeans to make up for displaced jobs caused by advanced robotics technology.
-
EU Parliament Ratifies Long-Awaited CETA
February 24, 2017
The New York Times reports that, "after seven years of tortuous negotiations," the European Parliament has ratified the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), leaving the final step of ratifying the deal to national and some regional parliaments across the EU.
Copyright 2025 Global Governance Watch. All Rights Reserved.
A project of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies