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Spieker on mobilizing democratic values described in Article 2 TEU through Article 10 TEU
Introduction Luke Dimitrios Spieker, a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public and International Law in Heidelberg, published a conference paper in June 2023 in the volume The Rule of Law in the EU: Crisis and … Continue reading
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Tagged Commission, Court of Justice, Democracy, EU values, Fundamental rights, Hungary, judicial independence
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The negotiations for the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights
Introduction The European Union’s (EU) accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has long been a goal of the EU since it would represent a significant step forward in the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout … Continue reading
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Tagged Commission, Court of Justice, ECHR, EU accession to ECHR, Fundamental rights
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The Commission’s Data Act Proposal
1. Background The Data Act aims to ensure data is accessible to all through promoting access and sharing of data, along with competitive services to benefit the EU data economy. The Act also promotes reuse of data, a principle which … Continue reading
The Commission tries to enhance mutual trust between the Member States through the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
Introduction On 23 September 2020, the Commission released its New Pact on Migration and Asylum (see Communication from the Commission COM(2020) 609). Through the New Pact, the Commission aims at establishing a long-lasting, flexible and effective migration system that would … Continue reading
The Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council to introduce screening for third-country nationals at the external borders
BackgroundThe President of the European Commission announced in September 2020 a proposal for a new regulation introducing screening etc. on migration and asylum (no. 2020/0278), which would amend four already existing Regulations, namely the VIS Regulation (No. 767/2008), the Regulation … Continue reading
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Tagged Asylum policy, Charter of Fundamental Rights, Commission, COVID-19, Immigration policy, public health
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Next Up in the Brexit Saga: The European Commission Challenges the United Kingdom to One Last Dance before the CJEU Judges
Introduction Brexit By some referred to as potentially the ‘greatest catastrophe of the 21st century’ (see Fiona Hill’s post on Brookings Institution’s website), the British exit (Brexit) from the European Union (EU or the Union) has, not to say the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Commission, Infringement proceedings, Ireland, United Kingdom
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Smith on the Rule of Law Crisis in the EU
Melanie Smith from Cardiff University presented the article ‘Staring into the abyss: A crisis of the rule of law in the EU’ in the last issue of the European Law Journal of last year. Smith focuses on how the rule … Continue reading
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Tagged Commission, Council, Court of Justice, Hungary, Poland, Rule of law
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