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FRA Seeks EU-wide Fundamental Rights Review
October 05, 2016
In remarks indicating that 2015 was "not a good year" for fundamental rights, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Director Michael O'Flaherty called on all EU members to engage in a comprehensive review of their laws to ensure that they do not conflict with international fundamental rights standards.
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Italy Promotes Ambitious EU Army Plans
September 28, 2016
EUobserver reports that, in an initiative that goes beyond current German and French proposals to strengthen EU defense cooperation, a paper from the Italian government calls for the creation of a "joint permanent European Multinational Force" for use in overseas missions.
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Hungary Mulls Push for EU Treaty Change on Migration
September 23, 2016
As the Hungarian government faces pressure to take back asylum seekers who passed through the country on their way to other EU destinations, Hungarian daily Nepszabadsag reports that the government is considering pushing for treaty changes to exempt national migration rules from common EU policies after the country's referendum on EU migration rules in October.
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ECJ Adviser Finds Insufficient Support for Terror Sanctions
September 22, 2016
Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston has advised the ECJ that the EU's listing of the organizations Hamas and the Tamil Tigers as terrorist groups subject to sanctions are invalid because their inclusion was based on "facts and evidence found in press articles and information from the internet."
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Switzerland Advances Compromise Law on EU Migration
September 22, 2016
Reuters reports that the Swiss Parliament has advanced legislation that would seek to pacify Swiss citizens who voted in a 2014 referendum to impose quotas on migrants from EU countries by requiring companies to first consider locals for job openings before looking outside the country.
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