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EU Official Discounts Political Debate on Migration
September 29, 2015
Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European Commissioner on migration issues, has highlighted the lack of political accountability of the EU institutions by stating in a recent interview that the Commission "does not care about the political cost" of requiring EU member states to take in large waves of migrants from abroad.
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Worstall Predicts EU Fiscal Union Failure
September 29, 2015
In response to the French economics minister Emmanuel Macron's call for a eurozone treasury and finance minister, Forbes contributor Tim Worstall writes that EU fiscal union, which is the only way to make the euro project viable, is not politically possible in Europe at this time.
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EU Official Calls for Euro Finance Minister
September 29, 2015
European Commissioner on economic and financial affairs Pierre Moscovici has called for EU member governments to cede executive authority to a central finance minister who would handle economic crises in Europe and who would eventually be able to draw on a eurozone budget.
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Academic: UK Criminal Courts Charge Conflicts with ECHR
September 28, 2015
In a recent interview, Professor Mike Hough of Birkbeck School of Law argued that a fee charged in the UK to defendants found guilty in criminal cases violates the provision of the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") guaranteeing the right to a fair trial by encouraging defendants to plead guilty.
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EU Spends Millions on Ending Death Penalty in US
September 25, 2015
According to a report by the European Court of Auditors, the EU spent millions of euros promoting the abolition of the death penalty in the US between 2007 and 2013 and had a "combined positive impact" on the debate in various US states.
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