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ECJ Official Seeks Extended Immigration Review for "Durable Partners"
May 10, 2018
An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has advised the ECJ to rule that an EU member state must consider the application for residence of a "durable partner" of a national of that country when the national has returned to the country after having taken up residence in another EU member state and formed a relationship with the partner.
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CoE Body: Europe Must Coordinate Approach to Migrants
May 10, 2018
In a recent report on the status of Italy's efforts in rescuing and supporting migrants arriving via the Mediterranean Sea, the Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee for the Prevention of Torture asserts that there is a human rights-based "need for a co-ordinated European approach and support system to address the phenomenon of mass migratory arrivals."
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Article: GDPR May Drive up Litigation over Data Use
May 10, 2018
An article in The Economist indicates that the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), set to enter force at the end of May, will likely spur Europeans to rely increasingly on litigation to require internet companies to inform them about the personal data these companies have collected and the ways in which they use it.
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Barrister: UK Must Avoid ECJ Jurisdiction After Brexit
May 09, 2018
UK barrister Gunnar Beck opposes EU calls for the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to adjudicate cases involving UK-EU treaty rights after the completion of the Brexit process as unprecedented and "bizarre," particularly in light of the ECJ's consistent pro-EU integration approach to its jurisprudence.
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Polish Official Seeks EU Intervention over Judicial Changes
May 09, 2018
Polish ombudsman Adam Bodnar writes that the EU institutions must "save Poland from darkness" in light of the government's overhaul of the judicial system by using tools granted to them under EU treaties to force the country's governing party to reverse its policies on the judiciary.
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