European Institutions

EU Official Seeks "Redistributive" Focus in Integration

September 19, 2016

In recent remarks regarding the souring of opinion across the EU against the project of European integration, President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi called for more attention to the "redistributive aspects of integration," or compensating people "left behind" by centralizing Europe, in order to ease dissatisfaction with EU institutions.
ECJ Narrows Grounds for Members' Expulsion of Criminals

September 19, 2016

The Court of Justice of the EU has held that EU law does not permit member states to pass laws providing for the expulsion of non-EU citizens from the bloc solely based on the fact that they have a criminal record when they are the sole caregiver of a citizen of an EU country.
ECJ Official: EU-Canada Passenger Records Violate Rights

September 16, 2016

Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi of the Court of Justice of the EU has advised that the agreement between the EU and Canada to maintain a database of passenger name record data to combat terrorism and transnational crime violates the fundamental rights of citizens in EU countries due to the lack of certain privacy safeguards.
ECtHR: UK Violated Terror Suspect's Right to Counsel

September 16, 2016

In a case involving the aftermath of an attempted bombing of London's underground train system, the European Court of Human Rights has held that the British police violated a witness's right to legal assistance in questioning him about what he knew of the attempted attacks without offering him legal advice after they suspected that he was involved.
Report Suggests Monitoring Mechanism on EU Values

September 16, 2016

A report from the European Parliamentary Research Service examining proposals from Member of the European Parliament Sophie in 't Veld recommends that the EU consider creating a "pact" through which European institutions could "monitor and enforce" democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights in the EU member states.