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V4 Seeks Greater National Control of EU Policy
July 25, 2016
EUobserver reports that, at a summit of the Visegrad Group of Central European countries that focused on driving a power shift from the European Commission to national governments in the EU Council, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo criticized the Commission for overriding the objections of governments to the EU's directive on posted workers.
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Turkey Plans Suspension of ECHR
July 25, 2016
Politico reports that Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus has announced the country's plans to suspend the European Convention on Human Rights in accordance with its crackdown leading to the arrest of over 60,000 civil service employees following an attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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EU Seeks Tough Emissions Restrictions on Members
July 22, 2016
Politico reports that the European Commission's proposed Effort Sharing Regulation, which seeks to meet its greenhouse gas emissions pledges under the recent UN climate deal, is facing blowback from governments on which the regulation imposes the toughest emissions restrictions.
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Court: Greek Investor "Haircut" Did Not Violate ECHR
July 22, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Greek legislation forcing holders of the country's bonds to exchange these bonds for instruments of lesser value in order to stave off government bankruptcy during a serious economic crisis did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights' protection of private property.
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ECtHR: Bulgarian Prisoner Voting Ban Violates Rights
July 22, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has held that a blanket ban on voting by incarcerated prisoners in Bulgaria, without regard for "their individual circumstances, their conduct and the gravity of the offences committed," violates prisoners' right to vote under European human rights law.
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