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EU Warns U.K. over Budget Deficit
May 15, 2015
The European Commission has announced that the U.K. will remain under the oversight of the EU's Excessive Deficit Procedure for failure of the country to reduce its deficit to levels mandated under EU law.
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Britain Faces Complications in Negotiating EU Reform
May 13, 2015
An article in The New York Times details the complications British Prime Minister David Cameron will likely face in renegotiating the U.K.'s relationship with the EU, including the difficulty of winning reform in the bloc in the time frame prior to the country's pledged referendum.
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U.K. Seeks Broad Immigration Changes from EU
May 13, 2015
The Daily Mail reports that British Prime Minister David Cameron is pursuing extensive reforms of his country's ties with the EU, seeking limits to benefits for new EU migrants, a right of deportation of migrants who do not find work, and an opt-out from the EU treaty provision on "ever closer union."
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EU Requires Secrecy from Advisers on TTIP
May 13, 2015
Politico Europe reports that after the European Commission promised greater transparency in its Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ("TTIP") negotiations with the U.S., it has sparked controversy by pushing its external advisers on TTIP to sign confidentiality agreements.
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Proposal Increases EU Member Authority on Legislation
May 13, 2015
EurActiv reports that a leaked European Commission document proposes increased consultation over initiating legislation by the EU Parliament and Council - and thus by national governments - in return for all institutions backing the Commission's push against EU "red tape."
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