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CoE Body Criticizes Softened Legislation on Polish Judiciary
October 20, 2016
The Council of Europe's body of constitutional experts, the Venice Commission, has criticized a new Polish law on the country's Constitutional Tribunal - responding to objections the Commission raised regarding a previous law - for threatening the independence of the judiciary and challenging the position of the Tribunal as the "final arbiter" on constitutional issues.
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ECtHR: Insurer's Surveillance Violated Privacy Rights
October 20, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has held that a Swiss company operating a state insurance scheme violated a woman's right to privacy under European human rights law by conducting surveillance of her activities in public places on four separate dates to prove that she was not as incapacitated as she claimed.
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UK, New Zealand Move Toward Post-Brexit Trade Deal
October 20, 2016
The UK and New Zealand have announced that they will hold regular talks on trade policy in order to prepare for the negotiation of a free trade deal between the countries when Britain leaves the EU.
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EU Committee Seeks Strengthened "Rule of Law" Monitoring
October 19, 2016
Politico reports that the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee has adopted a report calling for the creation of a European Pact for Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights to provide a "non-politically motivated" mechanism through which EU officials can monitor the justice systems of the bloc's member states.
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Former ECB Economist Predicts Failure of Euro
October 19, 2016
The Telegraph reports that the first chief economist of the European Central Bank and contributor to the construction of the euro currency, Omar Issing, has warned that, due to failure of the EU institutions to abide by rules preventing bailouts and providing for budgetary discipline, the single currency project is doomed to "collapse."
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