Professor Michael Dougan, University of Liverpool, 12 March 2019Summary: The legal form of the “Instrument relating to the Withdrawal Agreement” and / or the “Joint Statement
supplementing the Political Declaration” is of little importance. The real question is whether the new measures make any meaningful changes to the withdrawal [...]
Der Jean-Monnet-Lehrstuhl für Europäische Integration, Antidiskriminierung, Menschenrechte und Vielfalt organisiert vom 28.-30. März 2019 ein internationales und interdisziplinäres
Symposium an der Europäischen Akademie Otzenhausen über die Rolle der Europäischen Union beim Schutz und der Förderung der Gleichstellung. [...]
By Annalisa Volpato and Mariolina Eliantonio A small change can have big consequences. Some of these changes may be unplanned and unpredictable. Some represent welcome developments
that complement and contribute to long-running narratives of progress. Arguably, the recent publication of a reference to a harmonised standard in the L series of [...]
By René Smits Case C‑202/18 (Ilmārs Rimšēvičs v Republic of Latvia) and Case C‑238/18 (European Central Bank v Republic of Latvia); Opinion of AG Kokott of 19 December
2018, ECLI:EU:C:2018:1030; judgment of the Court of 26 February 2019, ECLI:EU:C:2019:139. [...]
By Justin Jütte Opinions in Funke Medien v Germany (Case-469/17), Pelham v Hütter (Case C-476/17), and Spiegel Online v Volker Beck (Case C-516/17) In three Opinions that
address the balance between copyright as a fundamental right and the right to freedom of expression, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar suggests that external challenges [...]
Joske Graat, PhD candidate, Utrecht UniversityIf EU law provides for a longer period of detention of a person subject to a European Arrest Warrant, and national law provides
for a shorter period, which prevails? If national law is vague about the issue, is that a violation of the ECHR (and therefore also the EU Charter of Fundamental [...]
L.S. Rossi, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European UnionThe Kücükdeveci ambiguity: “derivative” horizontal direct effects for directives?According to Article 6(1)
TEU, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (hereinafter, the “Charter” or “CFR”) has the same legal value as the Treaty. [...]
Professor Steve Peers, Unversity of Essex“Why won’t Remainers talk about family?” shrieks the smearing, ad hominem clickbait – otherwise known as an articleby cleric
Giles Fraser. The answer is that of course we do: for instance, I’ve discussed family issues and Brexit many times on Twitter and as editor of this blog, and Chris [...]
By David Erdos On 14 February the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down its decision in Buivids, a case which pitted an amateur individual online publisher against
the Latvian Data Protection Authority (DPA). This important case raises fundamental questions concerning the scope of European data protection, the ambit of the [...]
Am 14.2.2019 hat Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich in der Villa Lessing in Saarbrücken an einer Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema “Aufstehen für Europa – mais dans quelle direction?“
teilgenommen. Seine Überlegungen aus diesem Anlass finden Sie hier in der E-Paper-Serie Saar Briefs. [...]
