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Top German Court Rules Climate Law Partly ‘Unconstitutional’
May 04, 2021
Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled that the country’s 2019 climate protection law, which sets out to cut emissions to net-zero by 2050, was partly “unconstitutional” citing that “sufficient measures for further emission reductions after 2031 are missing,” putting an improper burden on future generations after 2030.
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Visegrad Group supports Territorial Integrity of Eastern Partnership Countries
May 04, 2021
The Visegrad Group countries reaffirmed their support for the territorial integrity within their internationally recognized borders of the Eastern Partnership countries at a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group (V4) and Eastern Partnership (EaP).
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Politico: How will the EU Repay the Recovery Fund?
May 04, 2021
Following the €750 billion recovery fund EU leaders passed last July, discussions of repayment were limited, until recently, as the European Commission readies a proposal to raise at least three new levies at the EU level, including a digital tax, to repay the hundreds of billions over the next three decades.
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Power Struggle between Von der Leyen and Michel
May 04, 2021
Politico details how since 2019 when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took office alongside European Council President Charles Michel, there has been a when struggle over who should represent the EU on the world stage, leading to current tensions that are affecting the EU’s work internationally.
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Lawyer Monthly: TikTok Sued for Billions Over Children’s Data Collection
April 28, 2021
Former children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has launched legal action against TikTok alleging that the social media app illegally gathered the personal data of millions of children since May 2018, when General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect.
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