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Auditors Criticize EU Handling of Financial Crisis
February 01, 2016
Politico reports that the European Court of Auditors has released a report highlighting lapses in the European Commission's handling of bailouts in countries facing the financial crisis, finding that required reforms of national policies were sometimes disproportionate in light of the problems each country faced.
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At Summit, EU Leaders Mull Extension of Border Controls
February 01, 2016
At a summit in Amsterdam, EU officials and leaders of EU member states are considering a potentially indefinite expansion of controls on the borders of Schengen countries as the region's refugee crisis continues and have ramped up pressure on Greece to do more to counter the influx of migrants at its borders.
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Belgian Official Objects to EU Transactions Tax Provisions
January 29, 2016
Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt has announced his concerns that a deal among ten countries in the EU - including Belgium - establishing a tax on financial transactions could harm the Belgian financial system and raise the cost of financing public debt.
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European Regulators Eye Potential Action on US Data Use
January 29, 2016
The New York Times reports that European officials, including the head of France's privacy regulator and a leader of EU data-protection officials Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, are considering legal action against US technology giants in case US and EU officials fail to reach a deal on online data protection by the beginning of February.
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Goodman: Only Brexit Delivers Real UK-EU Change
January 29, 2016
Paul Goodman writes on Conservative Home that, because UK Prime Minister David Cameron's renegotiation of competences with the EU does not guarantee treaty changes and thus might be set aside by other countries or the Court of Justice of the EU, the only opportunity for meaningful reform of Britain's relationship with the EU is for voters to side with leaving the bloc.
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