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UK General Criticizes EU Defense Efforts
June 03, 2016
Arguing that the EU is "undermining" national defense policies in Europe, former director of UK special forces General Sir Michael Rose has called for the UK to leave the EU and contribute to regional security solely as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Telegraph: EU Hides Plans for Army Before Brexit Vote
June 03, 2016
The Telegraph reports that the EU is keeping secret, until the UK vote on EU membership, a document on the bloc's "Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy" drawn up by its foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, that contains recommendations on a move toward a unified EU military.
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ECtHR Finds Danish Family Reunion Law Discriminatory
June 02, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that a Danish law exempting people who have held Danish citizenship for 28 years from a requirement that couples have a stronger tie with Denmark than with another country before they are allowed to both settle in Denmark is discriminatory against non-natives and therefore violated a couple's right to family life.
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FRA Calls for Formal EU Disability Rights Framework
June 02, 2016
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has called on EU institutions, through a binding law, to formally define the specific roles and responsibilities of bodies committed to the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities throughout the regional bloc.
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EU Issues "Rule of Law Opinion" on Poland
June 01, 2016
As part of a process developed by the European Commission in 2014 that could end in the suspension of Poland's EU voting rights, the Commission has announced that it will send a Rule of Law Opinion to the Government of Poland pushing for a resolution to a conflict between the Government and the country's Constitutional Tribunal.
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