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Murray: Pro-HRA Campaign Spreads "Misinformation"
June 02, 2015
Douglas Murray of the Henry Jackson Society writes that the campaign to stop the replacement of the U.K. Human Rights Act ("HRA") with a British Bill of Rights often ignores the fact that Britain recognized the rights at the basis of the HRA prior to its passage in 1998.
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EU Warns Countries to Adopt "Bail-in" Rules
June 01, 2015
The European Commission has warned 11 EU member states that it will launch legal action against them if they do not implement the EU bank recovery and resolution directive, requiring banks to contribute to a fund that will limit the exposure of taxpayers to potential bank bailouts.
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NGO Calls for EU to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
June 01, 2015
The Director of the nongovernmental organization Green Budget Europe has published an article calling on the European Commission to pressure EU member states to eliminate public fossil fuel subsidies in order to fight global warming.
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EU Issues Proposal on Migrant Quotas
June 01, 2015
The New York Times reports that the European Commission has formally proposed a quota system under which EU member states will be required to take set numbers of migrants, particularly those who have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy and Greece from Libya, over the next two years.
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Pearson: ECHR-Inspired Act Makes Britain Less Safe
May 29, 2015
Allison Pearson writes that the U.K. Human Rights Act, which requires British judges to "take into account" rulings from a supranational court on the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR"), makes the British people less safe by hamstringing the authority of the government to protect them.