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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.
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Elliott: Not All U.K. Businesses Favor EU
May 29, 2015
Matthew Elliott of Business for Britain writes that, far from presenting a unified voice in favor of staying in the EU, business leaders in the U.K. have a wide range of opinions on whether Britain should remain in the bloc and tend to back calls for EU reform.
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Hannan Outlines U.K.-EU Reforms Acceptable to Euroskeptics
May 28, 2015
U.K. Member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan writes that, prior to the country's EU referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron could satisfy British euroskeptics by asserting parliamentary sovereignty over EU authority and negotiating the ability to make trade deals with non-EU countries.
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Danish Minister Warns U.K. on "Opt-Out" Regime
May 28, 2015
The Foreign Minister of Denmark Martin Lidegaard has stated recently that he would warn the British Government, prior to negotiations over taking back powers from the EU, that Denmark's regime of EU "opt-outs" on issues like justice and defense have produced problems for the country.
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