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FRA Calls for Rights-Compliant EU Fingerprinting
October 30, 2015
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") has published a checklist for officials in the EU to use when taking the fingerprints of asylum seekers, as mandated by EU rules, in order to respect fundamental rights, including by avoiding "physical or psychological force" in taking the fingerprints.
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Court Strikes Blow to EU Sanctions in Ukraine
October 30, 2015
POLITICO reports that the General Court of the EU has struck down EU-imposed sanctions on a former Ukrainian official for lack of evidence of wrongdoing, placing in doubt the broader, fledgling EU effort to penalize officials from the previous Ukrainian regime.
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Swidlicki: Polish Election Sets Back EU Integration
October 30, 2015
Pawel Swidlicki of the think tank Open Europe writes that the victory of the somewhat euroskeptic Law and Justice Party in Poland could serve to signal the end of "ever-closer" integration within the EU and could help advance UK Prime Minister David Cameron's negotiations over the competences of the bloc.
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Eastern European Courts Sign Association Agreement
October 29, 2015
An Association of Constitutional Justice of the Countries of the Baltic and Black Sea Regions signed by the Presidents of the Constitutional Courts of the Republic of Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, and Ukraine will seek to promote the rule of law, democracy, and human rights and to support their countries' decision to move toward European integration.
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Officials Seek to Circumvent EU Parliament on "Brexit"
October 29, 2015
POLITICO reports that UK and European Commission officials are looking for ways to "sideline" the European Parliament on issues, especially related to immigration, involved in negotiations between the UK and the EU in their negotiations to prevent an exit of Britain from the bloc.
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