Niels Kirst (University Paris II – Panthéon-Assas)                              The recent opinionby Advocate General Sharpston (hereafter: “AG”),

which was released on 11th April 2019, concerned the validity of Directive 2017/853, the so-called firearms Directive. [...]

James Marson (Reader in Law, Sheffield Hallam University), Katy Ferris (Assistant Professor in Business Law, Nottingham University Business School) and Neil Fletcher (Senior

Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University)Introduction Remedies for a Member State’s breach of EU law includes liability in damages. [...]

Prof. Giegerich ist am 2.5. in einer Sitzung des Ausschusses für Europa und Fragen des Interregionalen Parlamentarierrates des Landtags des Saarlandes zum Thema „Brexit

und seine Auswirkungen auf das Saarland und die Großregion“ als Experte angehört worden. [...]

Professor Steve Peers, University of EssexBackgroundIn recent years, investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) has become a political minefield. Its critics argue that ISDS

is a secret court system designed to allow multinational corporations to thwart any progressive legislation approved by democratically elected governments. [...]

By René Smits Summary Pending before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is a core issue of legal protection against European Union (EU) acts – can a bank itself challenge

the withdrawal of its license by the European Central Bank (ECB) even when the powers of the bank’s board have been taken over by a liquidator, or can the shareholders [...]

By Guilherme Oliveira e Costa Introduction With two major decisions, March 2019 was an interesting month with regard to the ECJ’s case-law on the private enforcement of

competition law: Skanska (C-724/17) and Cogeco (C-637/17).  This post will comment on the judgment in Skanska, whereas a later post will analyse Cogeco. [...]

Vom 28. bis 30 März 2019 fand an der Europäischen Akademie Otzenhausen das internationale und interdisziplinäre Symposium „The European Union as Protector and Promoter

of Equality“ des Jean-Monnet-Lehrstuhls für Europäische Integration, Antidiskriminierung, Menschenrechte und Vielfalt von Prof. [...]

Bartłomiej Bednarowicz, PhD Researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of AntwerpLast week, the European Parliament approvedthe Directiveon Transparent and Predictable

Working Conditions in the European Union, which interestingly is the very first legally binding instrument that has been fleshed out from the European Pillar of Social [...]

Vigjilenca Abazi, Assistant Professor of EU Law, Maastricht University & Fellow, Yale Law School *The author is the co-author of the model Directive presented at the European

Parliament in May 2016. With an overwhelming majority, the European Parliament on 16 April voted in favour of the new law to protect whistleblowers in the European [...]