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Official: "Punishment" Approach to Brexit Will Harm EU
October 17, 2016
UK Secretary of State for Exiting the EU David Davis has warned EU leaders that any plan to punish Britain for leaving the bloc as a message to euroskeptics in other countries would likely backfire and lead to other governments choosing to hold their own votes on EU membership.
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EU Leaders Hold Line on Migration in Brexit Deal
October 17, 2016
The Guardian reports that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, French President François Hollande, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have all recently denied that the UK can retain membership in the EU's single market without accepting the principle of free movement of EU nationals.
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EU Official Pushes for Centralized Public Prosecutor
October 17, 2016
European Commissioner for Justice Věra Jourová and two Members of the European Parliament write that the EU must establish a centralized European Public Prosecutors’ Office to combat cross-border financial crimes involving fraud against national and EU budgets.
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Hungary PM Seeks Constitution Change on EU Resettlement
October 17, 2016
EUobserver reports that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced his plan to propose an amendment to the country's constitution banning the resettlement of large numbers of migrants in Hungary by EU institutions without the approval of Parliament or the examination of individual requests by Hungarian authorities.
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Committee Votes to Reverse EU Budget Cuts
October 14, 2016
The European Parliament's Budget Committee has voted to reverse all budget cuts proposed by EU member states in the Council of the EU in order to maintain billions of euros in funding for programs relating to migration, employment, European youth, culture, and "citizenship."
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