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  • Electronic data exchange: solution for cross-border mobility?

    Towards electronic data exchange within the EU: removing administrative obstacles


    The increasingly developed electronic data exchange within the European Union could remove the administrative hurdles to the exercise of the European freedoms of movement and cross-border mobility, such as the life...

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  • CETA and national parliaments

    The CETA trade agreement between the EU and Canada is, according to the initial judgment by the Commission, a treaty that fits within the exclusive jurisdiction of the EU (trade!) and can be made by the EU after approval from the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers... This blog is only...

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  • Member States´ financial contributions to the EU´s budget

    The EU´s budget is complicated. It is complex. And it is critically scrutinised by Member States. It has been the source of political debate and disagreement in the past decades and it still is today. Most recently, the issue was high on the agenda. In late 2014, the European Commission claimed supp...

    Member States´ financial contributions to the EU´s budget