European Institutions

  • Opinion: States Should Always Follow ECtHR Judgments

    July 19, 2017

    Emphasizing the binding nature of all decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on countries within its jurisdiction, former German Justice Minister Herta Däubler-Gmelin criticizes Russia and other "increasingly authoritarian" countries for "selectively ignoring" ECtHR judgments.

  • EU May “Stall” Brexit Negotiations over Exit Bill

    July 19, 2017

    Politico reports that Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator in Brexit negotiations, is prepared to “stall” negotiations if the UK government fails to present a proposal for calculating the country’s financial exit bill in what he considers to be a timely manner.

  • EU Companies Make Pledge Against Coal Plants

    July 18, 2017

    As businesses face pressure to help fulfill their country's ambitious commitments to limit global warming under the Paris climate pact agreed in 2015, national energy companies from across the EU have signed an agreement not to build any new coal power plants after the year 2020.

  • EU Files Financial Reporting Complaint Against Ireland

    July 18, 2017

    The European Commission recently announced that it is taking Ireland to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to transpose provisions of the EU's Accounting Directive, creating EU-wide standards on information businesses must disclose in their annual financial statements, into the country's national law.

  • EU Demands Austria Reform Minimum Wage Laws

    July 18, 2017

    Highlighting the difficulties faced by EU member states in applying social legislation to foreign companies and workers operating in their territories under "internal market" rules, the European Commission has opened legal proceedings against Austria for applying its minimum wage rules to international road transport services.

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