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Hungarian Officials Seek to Leverage Migrant Referendum Result
October 13, 2016
The Hungarian Government has characterized the result of its national referendum on the EU's authority to resettle migrants, in which 98 percent of participants opposed EU resettlement but voter turnout fell short of the threshold needed to be valid, as a "sweeping victory" and pledged to use the outcome to renegotiate EU resettlement policy.
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EU Launches Common Border, Coast Guard Forces
October 12, 2016
As the EU recently launched a common Border and Coast Guard force to deal with the bloc's migration crisis, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos celebrated that "from now onward, the external EU border of one member state is the external border of all member states – both legally and operationally."
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British PM Sets Timeline for Brexit Trigger
October 12, 2016
In a recent speech, UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she would begin the process of making Britain a "fully independent, sovereign country" by notifying the EU by the end of March 2017 that the UK would be exiting the bloc and by repealing the 1972 Act that effectively enmeshes EU legislation and regulations with British law.
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UK Ex-Ministers Call for Quick Brexit Process
October 12, 2016
A "Brexit Blueprint" from a group of former UK Government Ministers led by John Redwood MP calls on Prime Minister Theresa May to hasten the process of exiting the EU by permitting the country to fall back on World Trade Organization rules if the EU refuses the UK's offer of continuing favorable trade terms.
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EU Files Legal Complaint over German Road Tolls
October 12, 2016
EurActiv reports that the European Commission has referred the German government to the Court of Justice of the EU over legislation it argues favors German drivers over those of other EU countries by permitting the former to deduct road toll payments from their annual vehicle taxes.
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