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EU Observer: The European Court of Justice vs German Constitutional Court
June 22, 2021
Jaap Hoeksma writing in The EU Observer explores the recent decision of the European Commission to start infringement proceedings against Germany and the larger question of who has the last say when it comes to European law.
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Climate Activists Target Norway at ECtHR
June 17, 2021
In an effort by environmentalists to stop new oil drilling in Norway, the activists have brought the case before European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), arguing that the drilling affects human rights, depriving young people of their future.
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Tettenborn : Brussels Launches Full Federalist Assault
June 16, 2021
The European Union is increasingly encroach in the domestic affairs of member states, including the recent announcement that the Commission is suing at least seven countries in the bloc in the Court of Justice for breaking EU law.
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New Law Requires Corporate Due Diligence In Germany
June 14, 2021
In a shift to mandatory compliance, the German Parliament passed a law requiring large and medium-sized businesses to do their due diligence in combating human rights violations along their supply chain with fines being up to 2% of their international revenue and exclusion from public procurement for up to three years.
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France Plans to Revive the Use of the French Language during EU Presidency
June 09, 2021
France will take over the EU’s rotating Council presidency this year and the French government is making plans to use the occasion to revive the use of the french language including earmarking money to offer more French classes to EU civil servants, potential French-language debates, and key meetings of the Council conducted in French.
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