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MEP: Britain Should Lose Veto for Treaty Opt-out
June 03, 2015
The Guardian reports that German Member of the European Parliament ("MEP") and Chair of the European People's Party Manfred Weber has suggested that in exchange for an opt-out from the EU treaties' provision of "ever-closer union," the U.K. should lose its veto over EU legislation.
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Timothy: U.K. Should Withdraw from ECHR
June 03, 2015
Nick Timothy, former Chief of Staff to the British Home Secretary, writes that in order to reclaim the authority of the U.K. Parliament to decide the proper balance among human rights, Britain should produce a new Bill of Rights and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR").
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Danish Party Supports EU Renegotiation
June 03, 2015
The Telegraph reports that a leader of the Danish People's Party, which could gain influence in the country's government in upcoming elections, says he will support the U.K.'s renegotiation of powers with the EU and will seek to bring back competences from EU institutions.
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France and Germany Seek Changes in EU Migrant Quotas
June 03, 2015
The interior ministers of France and Germany have called for changes in the European Commission's proposed emergency migrant quotas in response to high levels of migration into Greece and Italy, as the current proposal has France and Germany taking almost 40 percent of the migrants.
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Guardian: U.K. Prepared to Break with ECHR
June 03, 2015
The Guardian reports that U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is keeping open the option of withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") if his calls for the recognition of British parliamentary authority over Strasbourg judgments are not answered.
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