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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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Germany Threatens Legal Action for Ignoring Refugee Quotas
December 22, 2015
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has threatened to take to court countries, such as Slovakia and Hungary, that refuse to accept Syrian and North African refugees under a mandated EU quota system agreed over their objections last month.
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EU Passenger Record Stokes Privacy Fears
December 22, 2015
In a recent article, Chris Muspratt of the euroskeptic campaign Get Britain Out expresses concerns that the EU's proposed Passenger Name Record, which would gather information about airline passengers traveling in the EU, would violate privacy protections without making citizens of EU countries safer.
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EU Leaders Agree to "Emergency Brake" on Benefits
December 22, 2015
The Telegraph reports that at a recent meeting with leaders from EU institutions and member states, UK Prime Minister David Cameron secured an agreement under which the UK would be permitted to deny benefits to migrants from other EU countries if it can show the European Commission that these benefits are straining British public services.
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Companies Will Deal with "Huge Reach" of EU Data Rules
December 22, 2015
The Wall Street Journal describes provisions from recently agreed EU data privacy regulations, including the expansion of the "right to be forgotten," heightened sanctions for data-privacy violations, and a "pan-European board of regulators," asserting that the rules will produce a "stricter and untested legal regime."
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