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Finland Official Blames Euro, EU Border Policies for Woes
December 28, 2015
In recent comments, Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini placed partial blame for Finland's economic problems on the country's accession to the euro currency and warned that the Schengen passport-free travel area is at risk as a result of the neglect of EU external border security.
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ECJ: Minimum Alcohol Pricing Violates EU Law
December 28, 2015
The Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") has declared that Scottish legislation setting out minimum prices for alcohol in order to limit over-drinking in the country violates EU law because it improperly restricts the market and could be accomplished through a less-restrictive alcohol tax.
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Officials Voice Concerns with Ukraine "Decommunisation" Law
December 22, 2015
Officials from the Venice Commission and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") are seeking the revision of a "decommunisation" law in Ukraine that bans Communist and Nazi propaganda to limit the law's scope and address their concerns with the law's effects on freedom of expression and association.
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FRA Trains Portuguese Police in Fundamental Rights
December 22, 2015
Spotlighting concerns regarding potential interference of multinational institutions with the ability of law-enforcement officers to effectively protect citizens, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") recently trained Portuguese police officers in nondiscrimination and "mainstreaming fundamental rights" in their work.
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UK MEPs Seek EU "Red Card" for National Parliaments
December 22, 2015
UK Members of the European Parliament ("MEPs") Ashley Fox and Sajjad Karim have called for the EU to adopt a "red card" process, proposed by think tank Open Europe, through which a certain number of national parliaments could reject a proposal from the European Commission if they found that it violated the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.
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