Category: European Law

Housing systems vary greatly among EU countries – in terms of their purpose, ownership and tenure, types of providers, categories of beneficiaries, funding and subsidised rent arrangements. All across the EU, however, housing affordability has become a significant problem, further exacerbated by the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis. Written by Marketa Pape. The recent cost-of-living…

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Hydrogen is rapidly emerging as a critical energy source in the fight against climate change, as it produces no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and generates minimal pollution when utilised. Moreover, hydrogen holds substantial potential for widespread application across diverse industries, especially in sectors that are challenging to decarbonise, such as transport and construction. However, not…

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History and memory as much as interests play a critical role in sustaining the Russia-China relationship today, writes Michael Cox. It is often said by latter day doom-mongers that one of the many symptoms of the West’s current malaise – perhaps most visible in the United States – has been a steady move away from…

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By Lotte and Sterre Eurojust, the EU agency for judicial cooperation, signed new Working Arrangements with five Latin American states in 2024 and presented it as a step forward to fight serious cross-border crime. But behind the headlines, deeper questions emerge: is the EU staying true to its core values, or is it quietly stretching…

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  Antje Kunst* *Antje Kunst is an international lawyer and barrister of Garden Court North Chambers, admitted to the Bar of England and Wales, and the Bar of Berlin, advising and representing individuals in a wide range of matters related to fundamental rights within the CFSP and other fields. She has appeared in numerous cases before…

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Environmental Law Malavika Rao discusses the Kafue River spill in Zambia and questions whether the current legal responses, focused on human rights and compensation, are sufficient to address the extensive environmental damage from mining. Like other African states, Rao highlights that Zambia’s environmental laws primarily view environmental harm through a human-centered lens. The author suggests…

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Guest post by Margarita S. Ilieva, strategic international equality and human rights litigator   Introduction In L. et Autres c. France, for the first time, the Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged that judicial reasoning which negatively stereotypes, blames and therefore revictimises (secondary victimisation) survivors of sexual violence (SV), is discriminatory. In its judgment, the Court…

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On Thursday, May 15, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what is widely referred to as “the birthright citizenship case.” As some commentators point out, this is somewhat of a misnomer: at stake in this case is not the constitutionality of Trump’s executive order (EO) banning birthright citizenship for certain classes of individuals….

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Beatriz Magalhães Sousa (master’s student in European Union Law at the School of Law of University of Minho) Modern democracies face, nowadays, highly sophisticated and subtle threats. The electoral interference by third countries, while known to be a practice, has been thrown into the spotlight after the Romanian elections’ debacle – the Constitutional Court, doubting…

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Foto von Linus Nilsson auf Unsplash The recent ruling in APS Beta Bulgaria (C-337/23) provides another example of the Court of Justice reaffirming its established case law on consumer credit. However, it also illustrates a more subtle tendency: interpretative restraint.  This post argues that, while the Court preserves the continuity of its case law, its…

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