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Council Integrates Global Human Rights Agenda in EU Policy
July 22, 2015
Through its new Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for the period 2015-2019, the European Council seeks to "mainstream" the international human rights agenda in EU policy and promotes cooperation with national human rights institutions ("NHRIs") in order to achieve this goal.
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CIGI Supports Plans for European Banking Union
July 22, 2015
The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a paper praising EU proposals for a European Banking Union and arguing that national policies are insufficient to manage cross-border banking activities in Europe.
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Economist: Euro Results in "Misery" for Greece, Creditors
July 22, 2015
An article in The Economist argues that, by forcing the Greek Government to agree to stringent reforms and the country's creditors to constantly monitor the country's progress in order to keep it bound to the eurozone, the euro currency has "become a ruthless generator of misery" for nearly all parties in the recent bailout agreement.
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ECtHR: Refusal to Recognize Gay Civil Unions Violates Rights
July 21, 2015
An article in The Economist observes that the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") has followed in the footsteps of the US Supreme Court, which recently declared a constitutional right to gay marriage, in finding that Italy violated the rights of gay couples by failing to legally recognize same-sex civil unions.
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EU Official Laments Voluntary Migrant Resettlement Plan
July 21, 2015
EUobserver reports that the European Commissioner for migration issues Dimitris Avramopoulos has expressed his disappointment with a voluntary resettlement scheme for tens of thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East, which this week failed to meet the Commission's 40,000-migrant target for resettlement due to objections from EU member countries.
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