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EU Considers Greater Authority on Border Control
December 14, 2015
Reuters reports that EU and national officials are considering new measures that would strengthen the bloc's external border security agency, called Frontex, including a proposal that could permit a majority of EU members to force a country to accept assistance from Frontex in securing that country's borders.
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Denmark Voters Reject EU Criminal Justice Rules
December 14, 2015
In a recent referendum, Danish voters rejected an "opt-in" to a set of EU home affairs and criminal justice measures proposed by the country's government.
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UK Threatens Legal Action on Financial Transaction Levy
December 09, 2015
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has threatened an action in the Court of Justice of the EU as ten other EU countries move forward with the foundations of a plan for a "financial transaction tax" that would seek to recover money used to support banks during the bloc's financial crisis.
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Visegrad Group Opposes "Mini-Schengen" Proposals
December 09, 2015
The "Visegrad Group" of countries - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland - have set up a "Friends of Schengen" initiative to counter proposals from some government officials to establish a "mini-Schengen" passport-free travel area that would exclude Central and Eastern European countries.
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Hungary Files Suit Against EU on Refugee Quota
December 09, 2015
The Government of Hungary has announced that it is filing a complaint at the Court of Justice of the EU challenging the EU's establishment of quotas requiring each country to accept a certain proportion of 120,000 asylum seekers in the bloc.
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