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EU Members Sign up for "Healthy Food" Roadmap
February 25, 2016
Following a conference hosted by the Dutch President of the EU Council, 22 EU member states have signed on to a "Roadmap for Action" through which they will work with companies in the food industry to promote healthy food and recognize that "cooperation at European level is essential to help consumers make healthy choices."
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EU Package Advances Supranational Energy Governance
February 24, 2016
The European Commission has released a proposed "sustainable energy security package" that seeks to advance "Energy Union" in the EU, and fulfill the UN climate deal agreed in December, by centralizing control of the security of energy supplies, monitoring national agreements with countries outside the EU, and pushing the introduction of renewable energy in national systems.
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FRA Calls for "Proactive" Promotion of EU Rights Charter
February 24, 2016
At a seminar organized by the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") Michael O'Flaherty asserted that EU member states are legally obligated to promote on a "proactive" basis the rights of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and should use the Charter as an "ethical compass" as they deal with the migrant crisis.
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Belgium Suspends Schengen Participation
February 24, 2016
The Belgian Government has announced that, fearing a massive influx of migrants from a camp across its border with France, it has temporarily suspended its participation in the Schengen Area, which ordinarily permits passport-free travel across EU borders, and will police its border with France to prevent these migrants from entering the country.
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ECtHR Penalizes Russia for Violations in MRT Region
February 24, 2016
Given its finding of reliance by the "Moldavian Republic of Transdniestria" ("MRT"), a "breakaway" region in Moldova, on Russian military and other support, the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") concluded that Russia was responsible for the payment of damages to a former prisoner who complained of human rights violations by the MRT.
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