What is at stake? Federalism as part of constitutionalism Emergency is not a friend of constitutions. Whether or not constitutions regulate emergency powers, when critical situations occur the overall ...

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 ...

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 ...

Transparency International declared Bulgaria the most corrupt EU member for the n-th time. Bulgarians usually rank the prosecution as the institution with the least credibility (6-7%). Thanks to the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is short. Its title reads “Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens”, its text reads: “Collective expulsion of aliens ...