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Europol Launches Counter Terrorism Centre
January 27, 2016
Law enforcement organization Europol recently announced at a meeting of European justice and home affairs ministers in Amsterdam that it will launch a European Counter Terrorism Centre that will seek to enhance cooperation and information-sharing, including on financial transactions, to combat organized crime and foreign fighters.
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MEP: EU Uses Rule of Law Mechanism as Political Tool
January 27, 2016
In the opinion of Hungarian Member of the European Parliament ("MEP") György Schöpflin, the perceived inconsistency in the European Commission's use of its Rule of Law Mechanism, which it has activated in the case of Poland but not in the case of Hungary, demonstrates the Mechanism's political nature.
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Fletcher Dean: US Should Encourage Success of "European Project"
January 22, 2016
Admiral and Dean of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University James Stavridis surveys the security risks facing Europe, ranging from the Islamic State to Russia, and draws the conclusion that, to contain these threats, the US must support the centralization of European power in supranational institutions.
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Politico: EU Refugee Strategy Is "Flatlining"
January 22, 2016
Politico reports that leaders of EU institutions and member states, including European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, are seeking alternatives to a refugee allocation deal the bloc approved in mid-2015 and that has so far only relocated 331 out of its target 160,000 refugees in the bloc.
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Report Counters Claim of EU Trade Advantage
January 22, 2016
As debate continues in the UK over whether the people of the country should vote to leave the EU in an upcoming referendum, a new report from UK think tank Civitas seeks to refute the argument that Britain receives an advantage in negotiating trade deals with other countries through its EU membership.
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