With the prominent role of digital platforms nowadays, switching has become a habit common to many users. A provider can come out of fashion very easily, as users migrate from one service to another in constant search for the best digital service and following the trend. Also “network effects” contributed to the wide spreading of…
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Vertrouwen in instituties wordt ook wel als het fundament van onze rechtsstaat gezien. Maar leren wij onze studenten wel voldoende wat dat vertrouwen behelst en hoe het werkt? In het maatschappelijk en wetenschappelijk debat wordt veelal in abstracte, kwantitatieve termen gesproken over vertrouwen. Daarbij wordt vaak verwezen naar periodieke metingen van onder meer het Centraal…
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Introduction & Background On 24 January, as part of its Economic Security Package, the European Commission presented five initiatives to strengthen the economic security of the European Union (EU) amid rising geopolitical tensions and technological disruptions. The five initiatives presented by the Commission are the following: Council Recommendation on Research Security; White Paper on options…
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This month, we have the pleasure of re-posting a contribution by Clémence van Muylder, Senior Associate at Loyens&Loeff, Brussels. Have a pleasant read! In its Grand Chamber judgment of 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered its very first decision on the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The decision provides…
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Jacques Bellezit, University of Strasbourg (France) Photo credit: mafe de baggis, via Wikimedia Commons If one wants to trace back the history of European construction, it would necessarily have to mention the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Inspired by the Schumann Declaration of May 9th 1950, it was the first…
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Here is an interesting case for the many fans of the preliminary reference procedure. A Constitutional Court of a Member State introduces a case-law that imposes on all courts of last instance a duty to make a preliminary reference pursuant to Article 267 TFEU as a question of constitutional principle. Thus, if a Supreme Court…
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Josepha Close, PhD Introduction This series of posts aims to examine the EU policy of deterrence and containment of asylum seekers at the borders of Europe. The first one focuses on the hotspot approach, a cornerstone of this policy introduced by the EU Commission in 2015 to manage high levels of migration at the Greek…
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The General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered judgements recently in two significant sanctions cases. The judgments can be appealed within two months to the Court of Justice (on points of law only). We provide below a summary of the cases and the points of the judgements: EU General Court Judgment in Case-494/22 – NSD v Council Today,…
Summaries of judgments made in collaboration with the Portuguese judges and référendaire of the General Court (Maria José Costeira, Ricardo Silva Passos and Esperança Mealha) ▪ Order of the General Court (Grand Chamber), 4 June 2024, Cases T-530/22 to T-533/22, Magistrats européens pour la démocratie et les libertés (Medel), International Association of Judges, Association of…
