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EU Prisoner Vote Ruling May Influence "Brexit" Debate
October 07, 2015
The Telegraph reports that a recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU that countries can ban prisoners convicted of "serious crimes" from voting in EU elections gives British prisoners convicted of minor crimes a basis on which to challenge the UK's blanket ban on prisoner voting and thus may strengthen the campaign within the country for EU exit.
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ECtHR Launches Information Exchange with National Courts
October 07, 2015
As the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") seeks ways to institutionalize its case law in national courts, ECtHR President Dean Spielmann has announced the launch of a system that will facilitate the exchange of such information between the ECtHR and national superior courts.
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ECJ Ruling May Hinder Transatlantic Data Transfers
October 07, 2015
The BBC reports that a recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU, finding that the terms of the "Safe Harbor" agreement that governed data transfers between the EU and the US no longer binds national data regulators, will likely complicate and add costs to the work of US technology firms and other companies in Europe.
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EU Ministers Consider Automatic Sharing of Tax Rulings
October 05, 2015
Finance ministers from EU member countries are meeting this week to consider a proposal from the European Commission that would require national governments within the EU to share corporate tax rulings, potentially from up to ten years ago, automatically throughout the bloc.
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Slovakia Pursues Challenge to EU Relocation Plan
October 02, 2015
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced that his Government will pursue a legal challenge to a plan, recently agreed by EU interior ministers, for mandatory resettlement of 120,000 people claiming asylum in Europe.
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