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EU Overrides National Objections to Posted Worker Legislation
July 21, 2016
The European Commission has overridden objections from 14 chambers of national parliaments in 11 EU member states asserting that an EU directive providing for equal pay between posted and local workers violates the bloc's principle of subsidiarity and will permit the legislation to proceed in the EU Council and Parliament.
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EU Parliament Reports Call for "More Europe"
July 20, 2016
According to Politico, in the face of calls from EU leaders and member states to step back from EU federalism following the UK's vote to leave the bloc, Members of the European Parliament have produced a set of reports seeking more measures to solve problems at the EU level and treaty changes that bring more power to Brussels.
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ECJ Official Sides Against Company's Headscarf Rule
July 20, 2016
The New York Times reports that an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU has found, in an advisory opinion contradicting a previous opinion issued by a different Advocate General, that a French company unlawfully discriminated against a Muslim employee by not allowing her to wear a headscarf when meeting with clients.
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EU Seeks Standardized Asylum Rules
July 20, 2016
Politico reports that a European Commission proposal for reforming the EU's Common European Asylum System includes measures to standardize rules for dealing with asylum seekers across member states and using financial incentives for countries as part of a permanent refugee resettlement system.
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EU Advances Further Objections to Google Market Practices
July 20, 2016
Supplementing its past complaints regarding internet giant Google's Android operating system, the European Commission has sent the company two new Statements of Objection asserting that it violated EU competition laws by favoring its own shopping services in its search results and by restricting websites from displaying other companies' search advertisements.
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