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MEPs Vote to Include Legal Aid in EU Trials Directive
May 08, 2015
A committee in the European Parliament has voted to amend the proposed EU directive on fair trial rights to strengthen the requirement of legal aid from EU member states in the case that a criminal suspect cannot afford an attorney.
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ECJ Finds Lack of Standing in Challenge to ECB Program
May 08, 2015
The Court of Justice of the EU has upheld the ruling of a lower court dismissing the complaint of a group of individuals alleging that the European Central Bank lacked the legal authority to implement its bond-buying program in 2012 for lack of standing.
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Evans-Pritchard: Cameron May Keep U.K. in EU
May 07, 2015
The Telegraph's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard writes that, contrary to the views of those in Brussels and elsewhere who have expressed alarm regarding U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron's call for a referendum on the EU, Cameron may be the most likely candidate to avert "Brexit."
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Juncker Warns of Euro Dismantlement upon "Grexit"
May 07, 2015
Following his comments that joining the euro currency is "irreversible," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned that some in the "Anglo Saxon world" would tear the eurozone apart if Greece is permitted to exit the currency bloc.
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EU Announces E-Commerce Antitrust Inquiry
May 06, 2015
As part of its overhaul of European e-commerce in order to establish a "Digital Single Market," the European Commission has announced an investigation into whether the U.S. e-commerce company Amazon violated EU antitrust rules by imposing barriers to access to goods across borders in Europe.
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