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EU Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni presenting the EU’s Summer Economic Forecast, Brussels, July 2021.

With economy beginning to rebound, the EU starts disbursing recovery & resilience funds

In its Summer Interim Economic Forecast, issued in early July, the EU Commission estimated the European economy would rebound faster this year than it had anticipated in its...
Lord David Frost presenting the government’s Command Paper on the Northern Ireland Protocol to the House of Lords, July 21.

UK calls for talks to amend Northern Ireland Protocol

Last Wednesday, the British government issued a Command Paper on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland contained in the 2019 EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement. The paper, 22...
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which last Thursday rejected interim measures ordered by the European Court of Justice to ensure judicial independence.

EU-Poland dispute over courts deepens and the EU brings new infringement cases vs. Poland and Hungary

As Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union states, the rule of law is one of the fundamental principles and values upon which the EU was founded. Yesterday, the EU...
EU Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis announcing “escape clause” for EU fiscal rules will remain in effect until 2023.

EU approves recovery & resilience plans, forecasts faster growth in 2021 & 2022

Last July, the leaders of the 27 member states of the European Union, meeting as the European Council, agreed on a €750 billion recovery plan, proposed at their request by...
European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič announcing EU-UK agreement extending exemption from EU rules for chilled meats entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK, June 30.

EU & UK avoid “sausage war,” make progress on some Protocol issues

At the G7 meeting in Cornwall last month, the other leaders sternly advised Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to violate the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland contained in...
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