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Breaking All the Rules If there were an Olympic event for irrelevant rulemaking, the E.U. would easily take gold. Last week, two attempts to revamp and reassert regulations were in theory endorsed but in practice ignored. E.U. budget Commissioner Michaele Schreyer had proposed scrapping the U.K.'s 20-year-old rebate from Brussels, worth an average $5.7 billion annually. The payback was negotiated in 1984 by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, when Britain was one of the club's poorest members. The U.K. has since enjoyed unparalleled economic growth - and newer, poorer E.U. members...
...Last year his group won a landmark court case against the city and Rhône regional authorities, which forced officials in both bureaucracies to work longer hours. "They're not spending because of need, but because they have the tax revenue," fumes Vergnaud. The pressure on governments to revamp their tax policies isn't just coming from activists. In a key ruling last September in a case involving Dutch automotive supplier Bosal, the European Court of Justice argued that national tax rules must treat business costs relating to investments elsewhere in the E.U. the same way they are treated...
...withdrawal plan. With most Labor chiefs in favor of the Gaza withdrawal, party activists said they will likely join the government. Arafat has been stalling on reform. In a Cabinet meeting last week, he threw out one of his top security aides, Jibril Rajoub, who urged him to revamp the security forces. "Get out of here," Arafat yelled at Rajoub. If Labor does take its place in Sharon's government, Arafat aides say the Palestinian leader will count on party leader Shimon Peres to persuade the U.S. and Egypt to ease up. And reform, like peace, will have to wait...
Pinto, the Cogan Visiting Artist at Harvard’s Office for the Arts, shared her plan to revamp Palmer Street with students and community members earlier this month...
Springfest had been struggling to hold the attention of the student body. As early as 1997, shortly after the fourth annual Springfest, The Crimson published an editorial urging the council to revamp the festivities...