#Treaties

How does the NI Protocol entangle the UK in the EU's state aid rules? Here's an attempt to explain the issues: 1/ As NI will be a de facto member
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My husband rarely uses his status card but tonight he did. At the end of the transaction, the sales person was like: “Wow, you save a lot of money with
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With due respect to Jeff's view, I'd like to offer a few pts of correction:1. India's position is actually more restrictive than China's. India requires consent for military exercises &
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.@vonderleyen on Internal Market Bill“This WA took 3 years to negotiate and we worked relentlessly on it, line by line, word by word. And together we succeeded. And the result
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This idea, oft-repeated by US analysts, that the 'vast majority' of countries side with the US on the issue of military activities in the EEZ is not based in evidence.
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Glass of wine and Finally hitting play on Bird Brain and the Snow Queen!! Let's see what this is all about. I talk about Wanda alot but Bucky is actually
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Curious detail: This was a UK choice, not an EU one. Other EU member states made it a requirement for their Parliament to agree. In the UK, the decision was
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The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article VI, Clause 2), establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority,
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Your regular reminder: whether you are a Unionist or a Scottish Nationalist, any policy announcements made by the PM today apply only to England. Health policy is devolved to each
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The German Constitutional Court clears the way for the Recovery Instrument to go ahead. The decision is not an unconditional green light. But it is a pragmatic ruling that takes
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Donc, en avant, laissez moi vous parler d'une des chansons qui a bercé ma période lycée... ME 262, du groupe Blue Öyster Cult !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI-z64G3tvU La chanson, sortie en 74 dans
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#ENDSARS is long overdue. Here are the FACTS Amnesty international documented 82 cases between January 2017 and May 2020. Detainees in SARS custody have been subjected to hanging, beating,
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As the situation in Nova Scotia escalates with settlers opposing Mi’gmaw engaging in a lobster fishery, I thought I might share a brief and limited overview of the Mi’gmaw
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a simple, superficial and ultimately brief thread on this last day of my mandate as @UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion & expression. pls read this first, the touchstone
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1/xHmm, wow. Seem to be gaining a small handful of new followers since making my lil announcement.Just need y'all to know a few things... Black Lives Matter. Trans men are
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Human rights for specific categories are never inclusive. You have to prove discrimination on the basis of race to avail yourself of the protection of the 1966 Convention on the
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