Privacy officialsโ€™ travel to home countries sets off EU alarm bells

Privacy regulator’s secretary general traveled on the EU’s dime to Spain, his home country, far more often than to other countries.

Hamoudi v Frontex: Advocate General Norkusโ€™ Opinion – Reversing the Burden of Proof and the Presumption of Frontexโ€™s Privileged Access to Evidence

 Antje Kunst*

*Antje Kunst is
an international lawyer and barrister of Garden Court North Chambers, admitted
to the Bar of England and Wales, and the Bar of Berlin, advising and
representing individuals in a wide range of matters related to …

Between pragmatic and legal considerations: comment on the Advocate General’s opinion in joined cases Cโ€‘758/24 [Alace] and Cโ€‘759/24 [Canpelli]

  

 

 

Matteo
Zamboni (human rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a
partner to the Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of
London)

Easy does itย โ€”ย ECB can keep cutting gradually in December, says Croatiaโ€™s Vujฤiฤ‡

Political uncertainty stalking the eurozone, however, is best navigated with a meeting by meeting approach.

โ€˜Safe countries of originโ€™ in asylum law: the CJEU first interprets the concept

 Professor Steve Peers, Royal
Holloway University of London

Photo credit: viewsridge,
via Wikimedia
commons

 

Introduction

Along with judgments on Afghan
women asylum seekers (discussed here)
and the status of Turkey as a โ€˜safe third coun…

Von der Leyen attacks Orbรกnโ€™s support for Russia in fiery speech to European Parliament

Strong pushback from European Commission president comes one month before grilling of future commissioners

Netanyahu hits out at Macron over call for halt to arms exports to Israel

Israeli prime minister turns on French counterpartโ€™s continuing efforts towards a ceasefire and end to violence in LebanonMiddle East crisis โ€“ live updatesA call by Emmanuel Macron for a halt in arms supplies to Israel for use in Gaza has been met with…

How remigration became a buzzword for Europeโ€™s far right

Electoral success of parties in Germany and Austria backing mass deportation linked to the termโ€™s growing use by mainstream politicians, say expertsThey poured on to streets across Germany in the tens of thousands, wielding placards that read โ€œNazis ou…

Austriaโ€™s Cosa Nostra

My quip on a TV show gave me an insider view of how the dominant People’s Party exerts its influence throughout the country.

Tory leader race: The 6 hopefuls trying to save their party from the abyss

With just 121 Conservative MPs left, it’ll be an uphill struggle for these contenders to turn around the once-mighty British party’s fortunes.

How the Tory election campaign melted down in six disastrous weeks

Rishi Sunak played a bad hand appallingly โ€” and paid a terrible price.

Ireland is dreaming of a UK Labour landslide

Irish eyes are smiling at the prospect of Keir Starmer in Downing Street surrounded by Irish-savvy aides.

Georgia PM: EU threatened me with Ficoโ€™s fate

Irakli Kobakhidze says he was told to
“be very careful,” but the European Commission has dismissed his claims.

Conflict in German government coalition finds new fuel to keep running

The public struggle within the German coalition government is continuing as liberal junior partner FDP presented a plan for an economic turnaround, provoking Chancellor Olaf Scholzโ€™s SPD to counter the ideas with a rebuttal of their own.

Inside Donald Trumpโ€™s โ€˜Apprentice-styleโ€™ search for a running mate

The former president is considering around a dozen contenders, though the list is in flux.

EU isnโ€™t sanctioning Tucker Carlson over Putin interview (for now)

Calls from members of the European Parliament to sanction ex-Fox News anchor went viral earlier this week.

Belgium Presidency hopes for 11th-hour deal with watered-down platform work directive

Following failed interinstitutional negotiations over the platform work directive last week, the Belgium Presidency circulated yet another draft text, which significantly waters down the fileโ€™s flagship chapter on the legal presumption of employment.

Belgian presidency moves toward France in platform work rulebook rewrite

The Belgian presidency of the EU Council is edging closer to Franceโ€™s demands in a new iteration of the Platform Workers Directive obtained by Euractiv, by bringing back critical provisions that are close to Paris’s heart.