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Why can't UK MPs vote for the Withdrawal Agreement, then renege on the backstop if it comes to that?
In 64 days the UK will leave the EU without a transitional deal (Withdrawal Agreement). This will be a catastrophe for Ireland in that legally a physical border must then be built there. This would ...
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Does the EU acknowledge that the lack of a common language is a large trade barrier within the Union?
The cornerstone of the EU is ensuring complete economic integration of its members through the freedom of movement of goods, services and people. But there is one big issue that is seemingly ignored ...
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How are French nuclear facilities and technology kept secret under the European Union? [closed]
France is the only nuclear power in the EU. How does it protect its facilities and maintain the secrecy of technology when the European Parliament has at least some say in French security and military ...
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Why is it presumed that the EU won't grant an extension even if Johnson doesn't personally ask for it?
There's a lot of brouhaha at the moment about whether or not Johnson would ask for an extension, including speculation on whether or not he will go to jail over his refusal to do so. But why is it ...
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Can EU countries mandate vaccinations?
US version of this question
What I am asking is if a country in the EU, following the rules of the EU could mandate vaccinations amongst their citizens? (the age of citizens might make a difference as ...
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Why does the Czech government need EU permission to change the way vaccines are administered?
According to the Twitter of Andrej Babiš (Czech prime minister):
This evening I have asked the EC President @vonderleyen
to explore and approve together with @EMA_News
as soon as possible the ...
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What is the USA and EU's official position on Kulbhushan Jadhav? [closed]
WHO IS KULBHUSHAN JADHAV
Kulbhushan Jadhav is an Indian national who is on the death row in Pakistan. He is accused of carrying out espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan at the behest of ...
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Who collects the wealth raised by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?
British Steel finally collapsed because of a non-allocation of emissions credits and an inability to raise hundreds of millions of pounds to purchase new emissions credits [1] within the European ...
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How are the President and Vice Presidents of the European Commission appointed?
The College of Commissioners in the European Commission consists of a President, a First Vice-President, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (who is also a ...
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Could countries rejoin a new Soviet Union? [closed]
Since countries like Hungary and Poland are having arguments with the EU at the moment about things like immigration, might they quit the EU or even be pushed away towards Russia and a new Soviet ...
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Why hasn't the EU approved Russia's COVID vaccine yet? [closed]
Hungary started to administer the Russain-developed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines recently while the EU did not authorize it yet (see e.g. https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/20/sputnik-v-why-hasn-t-the-eu-...
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Where does CEPS fall on the political spectrum?
I am curious about the general political leanings of CEPS.
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How does this picture explain Direct Applicability v. Direct Effect?
Robert Schütze. European Union Law 2 ed 2018. p 79. How does Figure 3.2 beneath explain the difference between Direct Applicability v. Direct Effect?
On Jul 1 2016, Claire Edwards (BA Jurisprudence, ...
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How will brexit affect the British export and import? [closed]
Will there be any positive consequences that are expected from Brexit or is it mainly expected to be bad for the British trade?
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Brexit, why is this so complicated? [duplicate]
Despite of probably having an overly broad question and a simplistic view: Everytime I read about the British politics these days, I wonder, what is all the fuss about Brexit about?
They had a vote, ...
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Why is the Belarus plane grounding incident treated more harshly than a similar one caused by the USA? [closed]
EU is punishing Belarus with economic sanctions for grounding a plane to arrest a journalist, as well as blacklisting certain individuals from entering its territory and freezing their assets.
Why is ...
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Why didn't the European countries simulate terrorist activity, to gain casus belli against refugees?
My assumptions:
the recent bombing in Paris was known to happen, there can't be such huge influx of refugees without some terrorist sleeper agents being injected
European countries were morally ...
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Would it make sense to move the "capital" of Europe away from Brussels? [closed]
Brussels, while not officially the capital of Europe, is de facto considered as such. The European Union has expanded eastward considerably in the last few decades and England has exited the EU. In ...
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Implications of Brexit Political Declaration
There is some debate as to whether or not the UK has a mandatory obligation to apply EU rules in Domestic activites beyond 2020, irrespective of what Brexit (Trade) Deal is negotiated. The Political ...
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What are the political implications of buying a russian airgun as a european citizen? [closed]
I'm considering buying a russian-made airgun, the Baikal mp 61.
I'm a European citizen and usually I try to support companies in Europe.
In this case, I don't find any other western designs that ...
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How is Brexit affecting the interactions between citizens? [closed]
How does Brexit affect the society's attitude towards each other?
Are people becoming more hostile towards each other over the voting?
And lastly, do xenophobic parties voice their opinions more ...
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If the UK invokes Art 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, will the EU require a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland [closed]
Under the Protocol the UK government is responsible for applying checks on goods entering NI from Great Britain to ensure that goods destined for the Republic of Ireland meet EU regulations. This is ...
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What is the argument for committing to ongoing regulatory alignment for goods between the UK and EU?
The UK economy is only ~20% goods-based [1].
~85% [2] of the global market (PPP) sits outside of the EU (excluding the UK), and this share is growing.
Only 5-8% [3] of UK businesses export to the EU....
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What are “those measures that fell outside the international market model” that justified a second justification?
Robert Schütze. European Union Law 2 ed. 2018. p. 534 scanned. All emboldenings are mine.
Why would the Court be strict on the express policy grounds mentioned in
Article 36 and yet allow for ...
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Did the USA or EU ever give out any statement about the communal riots and pogroms that take place in India on an almost yearly basis? [closed]
As far as I understand, the international community has a great deal of respect for the Republic of India, its history, its culture, and its people given the frequency at which Indian PM/presidents ...
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Conscription rights if UK Locked in Backstop
Does the EU have the power to develop a European Army, and to conscript European citizens into it?
If so, would the Northern Ireland Backstop mean that UK citizens could also be conscripted into this ...
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The thinking behind regulatory alignment for goods
Why is regulatory alignment in goods between the EU and the UK seen to be important?
Goods trade forms 20% of the UK economy and goods cross regulatory boundaries every day. Indeed most (and growing ...
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If Vote Leave overspent does that make the referendum invalid? [duplicate]
There are allegations that vote leave has been linked with additional funds from DUP (Northen Irish party).
An example of this DUP (Northern Irish political party) vote leave advert on metro (popular ...
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Can the NATO Command sue for the nullification of the treaty of accession of Hungary for non-compliance on the 2% contribution requirement?
Mr. Orban, Hungary's political leader, seems to be trying to use Hungary's membership in NATO by threatening to vote to not approve Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to the alliance unless it gets ...
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Are the EU authorities asking the Ukrainians to sell out the occupied regions?
The EU president has officially started the process to admit Ukraine into the EU. At the same time the NATO membership discussions are going on. Trouble is that to enter such groups Ukraine must solve ...
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Why does Ukraine desire EU membership?
On the 28 February 2022, four days after the Russian invasion had started, Ukraine applied for membership in EU. What were the long and short term causes behind, and the trigger of, Ukraine's resolve ...
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Could the government eliminate poverty? [closed]
Supposedly public education is necessary. Here is a breakdown of all european government spending
https://tradingeconomics.com/european-union/government-spending-to-gdp
https://www.economicshelp.org/...
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What polls are there within EU whether people agree with given support for Israel?
There have been many protests in the world and in America and Europe against Israel's alleged war crimes in Gaza.
What polls are there (within this year) within the EU zone considering whether people ...
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Can US states join the EU? [duplicate]
Recent events (if not all of history) have made clear that the northeastern states of the US belong more to Europe than to the remaining US states.
Is there a mechanism for at least some of those ...
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Is there any governmental organization/party in europe that has a main goal to untangle eu from US?
Well ever since the US decided to step out of the climate accord, I've been wondering whether some consider the US the biggest enemy of Europe. Considering climate change will hit Europe hard and ...
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Why does the EU have a huge amount of sanctions on Russia but not on the USA?
America has many times been seen intervening in countries without the approval of the current governments. Sometimes this has happened on blatantly far-fetched pretexts (chemical weapon in Iraq).
Why ...
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Why is the EU wishing to punish the UK instead of listening their detractors and seeking dialogue? [closed]
The European Union has a certain number of flaws, many of which make citizens of member states unhappy. Normally in a democratic system, the majority tries to listen to the minority and do compromises....
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Why is EU strategy dependent on US strategy? [closed]
Why they say that "It would be unlikely that the EU would have developed sufficient “strategic autonomy” to distance itself from a US strategy"?
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Cases of nationalists wanting to cede sovereignty to supranational organisations
In the UK there are two explicitly nationalist political parties, Plaid Cymru and the SNP, that curiously advocate handing sovereignty to the EU.
Are there nationalist parties anywhere else in the ...
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What are the disadvantages of a WTO Brexit(Clean Break)? [closed]
So I just listened to Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, say now in Dublin that
"if the UK were to leave the EU without a deal, let me be very, very clear. We would not discuss anything ...
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Examples of European political parties/movements that put emphasis on science and technology and why so few? [closed]
The US Transhumanist party is small party that put emphasis on science and technology for fulfilling the aspirations of humanity. Indeed - there are very, very few limits in science. E.g. inertial ...
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On China's labor law and industrial overcapacity [closed]
Regarding the issue of overcapacity in China, I know its root causes, and a significant factor is the connection between overcapacity and China's labor laws. When China joined the WTO, it committed to ...
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Are the EU's "four freedoms" inseparable when negotiating a deal with a country?
I heard that, for whatever reasons, the EU wants its partners to agree (or not) to all four freedoms as one package (freedom of goods, services, capital, movement). So, for example, Norway agreed to ...
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia [closed]
It is postulated many times that the EU was created to prevent a war between large countries of Europe and was successful in doing so:
The European Coal and Steel Community which is designed ...
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Which EU country has the harshest punishment for disrespecting the flag and anthem?
Which EU country has the harshest punishment for disrespecting the flag and anthem?
What are those punishments?
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What's the rationale of EU Covid passports when EU seems to be near herd immunity level?
Judging from plummeting cases in spite of slowly lifted restrictions EU reached herd immunity somewhere (guesstimate) around late April. Simultaneously, EU wants to implement Covid passports from 1st ...
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Why do travel organisers still require "full immunisation"?
In the EU, a set of three Covid vaccinations was titled "full immunisation" in 2021 which is tantamount to "complete protection" from Covid.
Meanwhile it has turned out that the ...
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