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EU Advances Plan for Traveler Security Checks
November 22, 2016
The European Commission has approved a plan, which would be implemented "by early next decade," to charge visitors from countries with a visa-free travel agreement with the EU, such as the US, Canada, and Japan, €5 to complete an online security check before arriving in the bloc.
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EU Maintains Funding Despite National Budget Violations
November 22, 2016
Reuters reports that the European Commission, in line with its calls for a more lenient fiscal policy throughout the eurozone, has decided not to penalize Spain or Portugal for violating rules on excessive deficits by suspending funding for these countries next year.
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FRA Pushes "Rights" Agenda in EU Security Efforts
November 22, 2016
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) recently hosted a meeting of EU leaders to discuss how to integrate the global human rights agenda in the supranational organization's efforts to build a centralized "security union."
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UK Opts into EU Law Enforcement Agency
November 16, 2016
The Telegraph reports that, as the UK government prepares to renegotiate its relationship with the EU following the June referendum vote to leave the bloc, British officials have decided to opt back into Europol, the EU law enforcement and intelligence-sharing agency over which the Court of Justice of the EU exercises jurisdiction, prior to Brexit.
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EU Council Approves Schengen Border Controls
November 16, 2016
The Council of the EU has approved a recommendation from the European Commission extending the time during which it would permit certain EU member states to maintain controls along limited stretches of their borders to the next three months and calling for these countries to limit these controls to what is "strictly necessary."
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