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New President of European Court of Human Rights Will be Tested
May 20, 2020
As Judge Robert Spano (Iceland) assumes the Presidency of the European Court of Human Rights, he faces backlogged applications and critics who call the ECtHR "activist," thought Spano has a history of supporting subsidiarity and measured respect for national sovereignty.
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EU Commission Struggles with German Court Decision
May 13, 2020
EU Commission officials are struggling with what steps to take relating to the decision of the Constitutional Court of Germany that challenges the authority of the European Court of Justice to exclusively interpret the monetary policy of the European Central Bank, including the option of infringement proceedings.
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Kuisz and Wigura: Central and Eastern European Liberals Should Respect Cultural Sentiments
May 13, 2020
Writing in Foreign Policy, Jaroslaw Kuisz and Karolina Wigura explain why liberals in Central and Eastern Europe should empathize with the cultural sentiments that are causing many citizens to embrace populist policies.
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Hungarian Supreme Court Rejects Segregation of Roma Students
May 13, 2020
Hungarian Supreme Court has ruled that a Hungarian school unlawfully segregated minority Roma students for years and awarded $310,000 in compensation to the children's families.
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Merkel Blames Russia for 2015 Cyber Attack on German Parliament
May 13, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel explained to the media that she has "hard evidence" that Russia was responsible for an "outrageous" 2015 cyberattack on the German Parliament and her own parliamentary email account.
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