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EU Complaint Alleges UK Failure to Protect Porpoise
October 14, 2016
The European Commission has filed a complaint against the UK in the Court of Justice of the EU over Britain's failure to designate a sufficient number of special zones within its waters for the protection of the harbour porpoise in line with an EU directive on the conservation of natural habitats.
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Politicians Push School Curriculum on EU Values
October 14, 2016
Politico reports that senior Members of the European Parliament are drafting plans for a network of European Parliament Ambassador Schools that would teach an EU-focused curriculum to “raise awareness of European parliament democracy and European citizenship values” in advance of the 2019 European parliamentary elections.
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MEP: EU Cannot Split "Four Freedoms" in Brexit Talks
October 13, 2016
Member of the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt, who will be the Parliament's chief representative in negotiations over the UK's exit from the EU, has asserted that any split of the EU's "four freedoms" - of capital, goods, services, and people - as part of a Brexit deal would "destroy the union and its internal market."
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UK Pledges to Shield Soldiers from ECHR Claims
October 13, 2016
The UK Government has announced that, in future conflicts involving the British military, the country will derogate from the European Convention on Human Rights in order to discourage "vexatious" human rights litigation against soldiers engaged in military operations.
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ECtHR: Hungarian Life-Sentence Review Plan Violates Rights
October 13, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has held that Hungarian legislation mandating automatic review of life sentences for criminals after 40 years, adopted in response to a previous ECtHR decision finding life sentences without the possibility of review a violation of human rights, still constitutes "inhuman or degrading treatment" under European human rights law.
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