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If the UK were under a trade agreement like the CETA with the EU, would EDF have the possibility to sue the UK government over Hinkley Point?
With the CETA, foreign corporations can sue states before arbitral tribunals.
Mainly if there is loss in the balance due to government decisions.
If the UK were under such a trade agreement with the ...
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Is it politically likely that the US and UK will ease bilateral immigration following the UK's withdrawal from the EU? [closed]
Gigi Hadid has recently said that the U.K. should change its immigration system, with it being unfriendly to Americans who want to emigrate there. She complained how Americans can't come to the U.K. ...
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EU membership for countries split off when a former EU member breaks up?
Let's say an EU country breaks up (peacefully). The type of breakup Czechoslovakia, or USSR had.
Would any and all newly formed countries need to go through a formal EU application and new joiner ...
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Is joining the Schengen area a prerequisite for the UK to rejoin EFTA?
If the UK leaves the EU but wants to retain access to the European market, one way for that to happen would be via rejoining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) (link). An application to rejoin ...
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What is the reason that so many countries left EFTA to join the EU and very few (none?) went the other way?
What is the reason that so many countries left EFTA to join the EU and very few (none?) went the other way?
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Is the February deal Cameron made with the EU already voided?
Is the February deal Cameron made with the EU already voided by the EU Referendum negative Vote? And if so, how did they implement such an mechanism in the contracts?
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If the UK left the EU, would that affect people in the UK who work for German companies? [closed]
If the UK were to leave the EU, would it have any noticeable impact on my working life due to the fact that I work in the UK for a German company?
Edit for clarification: I am UK born and bred
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EU referendum odds
Today is the day of Britain's EU referendum and since the polls opened, the odds on "Brexit" have skyrocketed and the economy has started reacting as though the UK will stay in the EU.
None of the ...
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Which are more numerous in the EU? Native English speakers or native French speakers?
Which one is more numerous in the EU (minus the UK)? native English speakers or native French speakers ?
After Brexit, what will be the main language of the EU? Would it be one? Or more than one?
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UK migration: why the focus on EU only, not global?
One of the key issues in the General Election last year, and Brexit now, is around immigration to the UK. All of the focus that I hear in the media is only about migration from inside the EU, and I ...
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Could someone running to replace Cameron as PM just pledge not implement Brexit vote result as part of their platform?
Could someone running to replace Cameron as PM just pledge not implement Brexit vote result as part of their platform? The Brexit vote is non-binding, so wouldn't a PM candidate campaigning with the ...
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What are the immediate impacts of the UK leaving the EU?
What are the immediate general impacts of the UK leaving the EU?
Specifically:
Housing,
NHS,
Financial Markets,
Non UK passport holders
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Could the UK re-join EU after leaving?
Let's assume that
Article 50 is invoked and UK officially leaves EU
For some reason, both UK populace (a large share) and enough powers that be or popular will in EU, decide that UK ought to re-join ...
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What happens now the UK has left the EU? [closed]
Given that leave is confirmed to have won the EU referendum, what happens now?
Will David Cameron resign? If so does that mean we will have a new PM negotiating the UK's exit deal?
And how long is ...
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Can the EU start (or force UK to) the procedures to leave the union?
The UK might be inclined to not start article 50 in order to have negotiating power in the bilateral agreements. The negotiation power derives from the fact that Britain could block EU policies as a ...
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What are the likely options now available to the UK in terms of its relationship with the EU?
Given the leave win in the UK referendum, and assuming that the UK moves ahead to 'leave' the EU, what are the options available?
Would it be likely that several of the agreements will be repealed (e....
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Why would EU governments push for a quick brexit?
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is currently in the news for saying
We now expect the United Kingdom government to give effect to this decision of the British people as soon as ...
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How many people work for the EU?
How many people work for the EU?
This page gives 33,000 for the commission. 6,000 for the parliament and 3,500 in the general secretariat.
It then goes on to say that the EU civil service includes ...
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EU Demand For Backdated GDP Bill
In 2014 the EU demanded an extra £1.7bn from the UK in a backdated GDP bill because prostitution and illegal drugs were seen as contributing to the British economy. This would add about a fifth to ...
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Who nominates EU commissioners?
If I understand correctly, the EU Commission is voted for by the 28 heads of the constituent governments of the EU.
Who nominates the candidates for the heads of state to vote on, and what is the ...
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Recent EU top meeting, who is in the background?
There is a recent meeting of different EU top bosses, images here:
To the left, we can see Juncker. In the middle, Schulz. But who is the third person? He is not a translator (a translator is on the ...
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How do people prove that they belong to an ethnicity?
It seems like the EU and Turkey is about to agree about how to meet the refugee influx to Europe.
However, the EU guarantees individual treatment of each application from the refugees seeking asylum ...
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Is there an American counterpart of ”Euroscepticism”; in other words, is the states' rights movement associated with reduced chauvinism?
In Europe, people opposed to specific policies of the European Union, expansion of the European Union, or transfer of powers from member states to the European Union, are often described by the media ...
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Does the EU have any rights to oversee UK elections?
If members of the UK electorate were to report issues with the UK electoral system, and parties, persons and/or agencies related to it, would the EU have a legal right to investigate and if so what ...
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Could the City of London leave the EU while the UK remained?
In 1985 Greenland voted to leave the European Economic Community, mainly to have more control over their fishing. Greenland also happens to be part of Denmark. Let's assume the United Kingdom's ...
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why do the EU and the USA keep the TTIP documents secret?
this article says
The European Commission is making the secret Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade deal even more secret, introducing a new rule that means politicians can ...
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Why does Akrotiri and Dhekelia have a different relation to the EU than Gibraltar?
Out of the British Overseas Territories, only Gibraltar is in the European Union. Akrotiri and Dhekelia is also in Europe, at least according to the EU interpretation of admitting Cyprus as a member ...
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Finding the vote count for a Debate on TTIP in the EU parliament
I've been trying to find the exact vote count for the debate that took place yesterday on TTIP at the European Parliament but can't find it. I only found one count of 436 for and 216 against or ...
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Does the EU frequently review their members to see if they consistently meet the initial criteria?
Does the EU conduct frequent reviews on the economic and political condition of their members to stay? If a current member of the European Union drastically changes economically or politically, and no ...
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Invalid "safe harbour" decision - what has changed?
The international Safe Harbor Privacy Principles were declared invalid by the European Court of Justice in October 2015.
Is it known whether the behavior of companies storing consumer data and ...
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What factors resulted in victory of National front in French regional elections?
The Far-right party of Le Pen named National Front or FN has just won a sweeping victory in regional elections of France, which were the first elections after the deadly attacks on Paris. Other than ...
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Can a member of the European Parliament be removed from office?
Can a member of the European Parliament be removed from office before end of term? If so, on what grounds and who has the power to do it?
This has come up in casual conversation and my (cursory, I ...
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On what grounds have hundreds of EU nationals claimed asylum in the UK in the last 5 years?
According to recent reports in the British press of a speech by Home Secretary Theresa May, hundreds of EU nationals have applied for asylum in Britain in the last 5 years.
To list a few sources, ...
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How is the European integration process similar to the creation of the United States?
What are the similarities and what are the major differences (economically, socially and culturally) between the current European integration process and the historical formation of the United States? ...
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How come so many asylum seekers have managed to enter Hungary?
Hungary made it clear that it doesn't want refugees. Did Hungary let them in, or did they cross the border outside of border crossings?
Hungary is a Schengen country with an external EU border, so I ...
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Why is Hungary blocking refugees leaving?
Hungary does not want Syrian refugees, as has been made clear by their PM. Germany had already said that it would house them, even though they were trying to get other countries to take in more.
The ...
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Is the free trade agreement between Europe and the US (TTIP) held in secret?
I have heard in a lot of places that the treaty is being negotiated in secret.
Is this true? If true, is there an official reason for it?
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Would it be an advantage for Greece to solve the financial crisis by leaving the euro?
Would it be an advantage for Greece to solve the financial crisis by leaving the euro?
Wouldn't be another way of shaping policy more helpful, like kind of a marshall plan instead of austerity?
Next ...
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How to distribute asylum applicants more evenly in Europe?
Sweden has 8.4 asylum applicants per 1000 residents whereas Hungary, the second ranking European country, has only ~4. Most other European countries have 0-2 asylum applicants per 1000 residents (...
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Why are former communist dictatorships in the EU considered less democratic by The Economist?
The democracy index by The Economist (also see Wikipedia) is almost systematically classing countries that were recently dictatorships as less democratic than the longer term democratic countries.
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If a country leaves the European Union, would also leave the European Economic Area?
In the event of some member country supporting leaving the EU, would that mean that the country would stop participating in the EEA?
Other countries participate in it, despite not being EU members. e....
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Which open source licenses have been tested in a US or EU court? [closed]
I'd like to know if there are any particular open source licenses or family of licenses that have been established in case law in the US or the European Union, and links to said case law if possible.
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Is it possible to leave EU but remain in Eurozone, legally?
As to this comment:
[I]s it possible to leave EU but remain in Eurozone, legally?
Thanks @DVK for the question
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Are there any whistleblower protection regulations in the EU?
The US seems to have a pretty well established and thorough framework of whistleblower protection laws and regulations. The EU, on the other hand, seems to have absolutely no whistleblower protection ...
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How significant is social cohesion to long term economic growth?
The EU has a long track record of pushing for more social cohesion and the debate on a new round of cohesion policies is ongoing. Hopefully it will result in a cohesive set of guidelines for the 2014 -...
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Why three levels of territorial units in the NUTS?
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is an EU standard which defines three levels of territorial units. Whether directly because of this or because of related regulations, Poland ...
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What would be the steps necessary for a country to leave the E.U.?
Given that there is (again) a debate going on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the E.U. or whether they should leave the Union, I was wondering what would be the steps necessary to be taken ...
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