European Institutions

  • NGO: Post-Brexit UK Would Succeed with Free Market Reforms

    April 13, 2016

    The nongovernmental organization Open Europe has produced a report asserting that a combination of leaving the EU, forming trade agreements with the bloc and other countries around the world, and pushing through free-market reforms would result in economic expansion in Britain.

  • EU Pushes Stronger Border Measures in Greece

    April 13, 2016

    After reviewing an action plan produced by Greece describing the measures its government is taking to tighten control of its external borders, the European Commission has adopted an assessment calling for clarifications of details including the time frame of the proposed border reforms in an effort to end internal controls in the passport-free Schengen Area.

  • EU Parliament Endorses Centralized Asylum System

    April 13, 2016

    The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the EU to develop a "central system for collecting and allocating asylum applications" in place of the current, national-government-controlled system, and acknowledging that the new system might involve a "quota" for the resettlement of refugees in each EU member state.

  • EU Adopts Security Framework for Hybrid Threats

    April 13, 2016

    Citing the recent use on the EU's borders of "hybrid threats," used to refer to conventional and unconventional methods of warfare aimed at destabilizing society, the European Commission and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy have adopted a Joint Framework to counter such threats and build resilience in critical systems of EU member states.

  • EU Publishes 2016 "Scoreboard" on National Justice Systems

    April 13, 2016

    In its 2016 EU Justice Scoreboard, which contains comparative data to assist EU national governments in improving their justice systems, the European Commission applauds progress among EU countries in reducing civil case delays and improving access to justice but calls for more judicial training and harmonization of national standards on justice.

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