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Governments want to Dilute EU Spyware Regulation to Benefit Business

November 16, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

In its attempt to limit the spread of technology used for surveillance, in September 2016 the European Commission published a draft proposal for an improved export controls regime. Export controls are a regulatory tool that allow governments to control...
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More Mass Data Interception Scrutiny Needed – Fresh Report

November 16, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

A new study on legal safeguards against bulk surveillance regimes urges for more judicial oversight in protecting civil rights. The study by technology thinktank Stiftung Neue Verantwortung argues that the recent European Court of Human Rights decision...
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Rule of Law: Romanian Government Representative Showed Middle Finger to Brussels

November 15, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

Florin Iordache, the deputy speaker from the ruling Social Democrat Party in Romania literally showed his middle finger in reaction to the European Commission’s request to immediately suspend ongoing judicial reforms. Brussels fears these reforms resem...
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Croatian Rights Chief to Report Police Treatment of Migrants to EU Officials

November 15, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

The Croatian ombudswoman has said she will report police treatment of migrants to EU authorities. Lora Vidović made an unannounced visit to a police station in Donji Lapac in September to review records on the treatment of migrants, but her request was...
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Brussels Goes After Romania on Corruption Ahead of EU Presidency

November 14, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

The Romanian government should “immediately suspend” efforts to reform the judicial system and criminal code, and appoint a new anti-corruption prosecutor – the European Commission (EC) said in its annual report on the administration of justice in Roma...
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Research: Corruption Hinders Democracy in Eastern Europe

November 14, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

Support for democracy has fallen in ex-communist Eastern European countries since 2006 a study by the German Economic Institute suggests. Researchers warn that the progress the region has achieved since the fall of the Iron curtain is at risk primarily...
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Italian Journalists Respond with Fury to M5S "Whores" Insult

November 14, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

After leaders of the Italian populist Five Star Movement (M5S) called journalists “jackals” and “whores” Italian press unions have called on journalists to join protests. Journalists’ unions, FNSI and Usigrai organised flash mobs on Tuesday in major It...
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Bulgaria is Sixth EU Country to back out of UN Migration Compact

November 13, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

Bulgaria has become the latest EU country to say that it will not sign the global migration agreement in Morocco in December, after Hungary, Austria, Poland, Czechia and Croatia also said they would not sign. In July, the UN Global Compact for Migratio...
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Breakdown in Discussions on Hungary, Poland Article 7 Procedures

November 13, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

EU officials' ongoing discussions on the rule of law in Hungary and Poland have become mired in disagreement about procedure, drowning out debate on the substance of the accusations against the two governments. EU affairs ministers gathered in Brussels...
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World War One Armistice: Macron Urges Rejection of Nationalism

November 12, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday urged leaders of the world to reject nationalism, describing it as a "betrayal of patriotism". Speaking at a ceremony in Paris to mark the centenary of the end of World War One, Macron's words were pointed squ...
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