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British MP: Renegotiation Provides Opportunity for EU Reform
November 04, 2015
UK Member of Parliament ("MP") Andrew Tyrie writes that Britain's renegotiation of competences with the EU provides the Brussels institutions and EU member states the opportunity to implement reforms ensuring that a powerful voice on behalf of national governments counters the unsustainable drive toward "ever-closer union."
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Iceland PM: Decision to Avoid EU Was Correct
November 04, 2015
POLITICO reports that based on his country's ability to maintain its currency, its authority over economic and financial policy, and its control over natural resources, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has stated that Iceland "dodged a bullet" by declining to join the European Union.
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Cameron Warns of Unfavorable "Brexit" Scenarios
November 04, 2015
The Telegraph reports that UK Prime Minister David Cameron is warning of a scenario in which the British people vote to leave the EU, and surrender voting privileges in the bloc, but fail to complete a deal in which the UK relieves itself from responsibilities under EU legislation.
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EU Agenda Focuses on Social, Environmental Policy
November 04, 2015
EUobserver reports that the European Commission's Work Programme for 2016 includes overhauling the EU's migration system, the establishment of "a pillar of social rights," the development of an EU border and coast guard, and the implementation of the UN's agenda on countering climate change.
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Professor Calls for Common EU Migration Policy
November 04, 2015
Professor Thomas Straubhaar of the University of Hamburg has called for the authority to determine migration and refugee policy to be taken from the EU member countries and placed in EU institutions, in order to permit these institutions to form a common migration policy applicable across the bloc.
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