25 June 2024/ By Vasiliki Apatzidou Blogpost 31/2024 At the heart of the negotiations for the New Pact on Migration and Asylum lies one of its most contentious elements: the regulation of border procedures. During the Council negotiations, the Asylum Procedures Regulation (APR) underwent significant modifications, particularly in the provisions…
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Constructive Dismissal Cases Generally, it is best to try and solve any issues at work before you terminate your employment contract. It is also important to document the situation, verbally or in writing, and keep physical evidence of any problems that may arise in case you need to prove your…
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5 June 2024/ By Alessandro Marcia Blogpost 30/2024 The history of EU institutions is marked by a long list of statements and political initiatives that endorse the legal claims of the LGBTIQA+ community (see, for instance, Kollman and Bell). Over the past decades, these have gradually been mainstreamed within different…
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30 May 2024/ By Randy Priem Blogpost 29/2024 Regulation 2024/791 (“MiFIR Review”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 8 March 2024. This newly adopted legislation requires single-name credit default swaps (CDSs) to be made subject to transparency rules, only however if they reference global systemically…
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24 May 2024/ By Mohamed Moussa Blogpost 28/2024 The European Parliament’s recent proposal to remove the unanimity requirement from Article 19 TFEU (non-discrimination legislation) echoes a centuries-old US debate on voting and minority rights. James Madison, the ‘father’ of the US Constitution defended majority voting as a necessary condition for…
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21 May 2024/ By Jesse Peters and Tessa Trapp By Jesse Peters and Tessa Trapp Blogpost 27/2024 Transparency and environmental policy are two key issues in the upcoming European Parliament elections. In this regard, the General Court’s (‘the Court’) ruling on 13 March 2024 in the case of ClientEarth and…
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17 May 2024/ By Michael Chatzipanagiotis Blogpost 26/2024 1. Introduction Air carriers often use clauses which prohibit the assignment of passenger claims. Such clauses have a generic scope but were mainly introduced to deter the assignment of claims under Regulation 261/2004 on air passenger rights (Air Passenger Rights Regulation –…
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9 May 2024/ By Elspeth Guild Blogpost 25/2024 On 18 April 2024 the European Commission issued a recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for an agreement between the EU and the UK on youth mobility. This is the first time since the signing of the Trade…
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7 May 2024/ By David Nagode Blogpost 24/2024 The coming of spring promises many changes, including a newly elected European Parliament and a new college of Commissioners leading the European Commission. The re-opening of the Spitzenkandidaten system has also stirred the debate on the democratic legitimacy of the EU institutions.…
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4 April 2024/ By Jesse Peters Blogpost 23/2024 For six months, Israel has been waging a brutal offensive on Gaza, killing over 30.000 Palestinians, destroying more than 60% of the homes in Gaza, and making Gazans account for 80% of those facing famine or catastrophic hunger worldwide. High Representative Borrell…