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Journalists Criticize "Propaganda" on EU-Backed Network
January 02, 2017
The Telegraph reports that journalists and union leaders who recently organized a strike at Euronews have accused the 24-hour news channel, which receives tens of millions of euros annually from the EU, of serving as a mouthpiece for propaganda from repressive regimes.
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EU Official Seeks £50 Billion Brexit Bill
January 02, 2017
The Telegraph reports that the European Commission's chief negotiator for a post-Brexit deal with the UK, Michel Barnier, has proposed to colleagues that the EU bill the UK £50 billion for pensions, loan guarantees, and UK-based project spending once the country's Prime Minister triggers negotiations to leave the bloc.
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ECtHR: Italy Violated Rights of Detained Migrants
January 02, 2017
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Italy violated the rights to liberty and security of a group of Tunisian migrants the country held on the island of Lampedusa in 2011 and subsequently returned to Tunisia.
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Commission Plans Uniform EU Child Benefits Rules
December 30, 2016
Politico reports that, as part of the European Commission's plans to legislate the extent to which national governments may restrict welfare and unemployment benefits for migrants from other EU countries, the body will seek to centralize policies on child subsidies across the bloc by introducing an EU policy on the “coordination of family benefits."
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EU Official Seeks New Action on Polish Court Conflict
December 30, 2016
European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans has pledged renewed action regarding recent policies from the Polish government on the country's Constitutional Tribunal that he says "threaten to deepen the rule of law crisis in Poland."
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