-
EU Calls for End of Border Controls in Six Months
May 03, 2016
Politico reports that the European Commission is set to propose a roadmap for returning to the Schengen Area of free movement that insists countries that have imposed security controls on their borders, including Germany and Austria, dismantle these controls within six months and regularly report to the EU on their progress.
-
EU Plans to Fine Countries for Rejecting Refugees
May 03, 2016
EUobserver reports that, as part of the institution's proposed revision of EU asylum laws during the bloc's ongoing migrant crisis, the European Commission will call for sanctions on countries that refuse to accept asylum seekers of €250,000 per rejected refugee.
-
German Paper Pushes for Progress Toward EU Army
May 03, 2016
According to The Financial Times, the German Government has developed a draft white paper calling for a centralized EU army with joint civil-military headquarters and military equipment sharing and has likely delayed the release of the paper until after Britain's referendum on EU membership.
-
EU Think Tank Proposes Central Intelligence Service
May 02, 2016
The Telegraph reports that the European Political Strategy Centre, a think tank that answers to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, has called for the creation of a single European intelligence agency based on the US Department of Homeland Security that would analyze terror threats and proposed joint plans for security action.
-
Economists Predict Positive Post-Brexit Picture
April 29, 2016
A new campaign group called Economists for Brexit has contradicted negative outlooks from the UK Treasury and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") by forecasting positive British growth produced by slashing red tape and increasing free trade if the UK votes to withdraw from the EU.