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Telegraph Reports Four-Pronged UK-EU Renegotiation
October 27, 2015
The Telegraph reports that the British Government will focus in its renegotiation of competences with the EU on exempting the UK from "ever closer union" and joining the euro, creating vetoes for groups of countries over EU legislation, and structural protections of the interests of non-eurozone countries.
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UK Parliament Committee Examines EU Debate
October 27, 2015
The UK Parliament's Treasury Select Committee has announced that it will produce a report examining the financial and economic consequences of Britain's membership in the EU and the potential implications of the UK's leaving the bloc.
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EU Committee Criticizes Deal on Tax Information Exchange
October 21, 2015
The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs has adopted a report criticizing a European Council deal on the exchange of tax rulings among EU countries for not going far enough, calling for "an EU-wide systematic and mandatory procedure."
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EU Tribunal Finds Against FRA in Termination Decision
October 21, 2015
POLITICO reports that the EU Civil Service Tribunal has found that the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") was wrong to fire a staff member who had complained of ethnic discrimination in the latest case involving allegations of harassment by FRA management.
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EU Parliament Seeks Data Protection in New US Deal
October 21, 2015
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution welcoming the Court of Justice of the EU's recent invalidation of the EU's "Safe Harbour" data deal with the US and has threatened to withhold funds from the European Commission if it does not negotiate a new deal that ramps up data protections for Europeans.