On 23 March 1933, an act was adopted in Nazi Germany in response to the “crisis” of the Reichstag fire to enable Hitler to issue decrees independently of the Reichstag and the presidency. Article 48 ...
This is a first reaction (usual caveats for quick reactions apply…) to yesterday’s decision of the German Constitutional Court on the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Program. This is part of the ECB ...
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On 13 January 2016, exactly four years ago today, the Commission activated its rule of law framework for the very first time with respect to Poland (for our previous 2-part post assessing the ...
According to the Collins Dictionary, in a game of cat and mouse, one person “tries to confuse or deceive the second in order to defeat them”. Indeed, a cat-and-mouse game perfectly describes ...
“ […] the Court considers that it was in fact the applicants who placed themselves in jeopardy by participating in the storming of the Melilla border fences ...
On 13 January 2016, exactly three years ago today, the Commission activated the so-called rule of law framework for the very first time with respect to Poland. This was justified by First ...
Commentaries to the German Federal Constitutional Court’s unprecedented judgment in Weiss (2 BvR 859/15 and others of 5 May 2020) are likely to focus on the German court’s argument on proportionality ...
Since its inception, Frontex has been at the forefront of the Union’s policy in the field of external border management. In the wake of the 2015 ‘migratory crisis’, Frontex underwent a swift and ...
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For obvious reasons, Italy found itself at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. The leading policies are: containing and slowing down the outbreak; boosting up the national healthcare system ...
The language of EU law is often dull and incomprehensible, especially in the eyes of its students. The practice of EU law and policy is too often dressed up in the eurospeak of eurocrats, who are more ...
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