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...laws come from Brussels, should we really venture into saying how much they cost us?) We still know too little about these key components of trade, finance and foreign investment, and dubious assumptions will surely not improve what we know. There is one example of such dubious assumptions from the winning essay. It asks: if the UK leaves the EU, what is the maximum...

...law. In principle, nothing stops this arrangement from continuing after Brexit. What it depends on is the willingness of the French government to stick to the deal and Macron is on record as saying he would seek to renegotiate this agreement. The deal is unpopular with the French public and several candidates made it a topic in their campaigns. Whether the new president...

...law, nationality is automatically revoked if a person is naturalised elsewhere. But it turned out that he had lied about his criminal convictions when applying for German citizenship. When the German authorities found out, they withdrew his citizenship, leaving Rottmann stateless. It is entirely up to the national government of each European Union member state to decide...

...and the courts are going to have to decide whether our memories should be allowed to remain private or whether the needs of justice trump privacy considerations. Our innermost thoughts have always been viewed as private; are we ready to surrender them to law enforcement agencies? This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....

...law banning people from using government-owned bathrooms that don’t match the gender they were assigned at birth. Meanwhile, in Britain, we are still being denied free access to PrEP, a new treatment to prevent HIV infection. Let’s not forget that gay men are still rejected as blood donors and LGB youths are four times more likely to attempt suicide. So it is telling...