Berlin’s DPA asked Apple and Google —via DSA Article 16—to delist the DeepSeek app over alleged GDPR-breaching data transfers to China. This article explains why that route is shaky, why Chapter V doesn’t apply, and proposes a two-track framework for proportionate enforcement.

The new voluntary Certification Framework for carbon farming activities aims to enhance the environmental integrity and transparency of agriculture and land use mitigation efforts in the EU. Relevant legal uncertainties and environmental concerns risk undermining its objectives.

The blog post inquires about the Alternatives to detention measures under the Commission's Proposal for a Return Regulation. It claims that so-called "alternatives" cannot be legitimately conceived as such because they fail to meet the constitutive elements of alternatives.

Greenpeace is suing oil giant Energy Transfer for damages suffered because of a SLAPP. This lawsuit is the first of its kind and comes in the wake of the EU’s new Anti-SLAPP Directive. This post analyses how despite legal obstacles, this case could represent a breakthrough.

The Editorial Board of the European Law Blog is pleased to announce the second edition of the European Law Blogger Prize.

This blogpost argues that the proposed European Start-Up and Scale-Up Company’s legal basis is erroneous. As the proposal fails to harmonise, it cannot be adopted under Article 114 TFEU. Rather, like other 28th regimes, the ESSU should be adopted under Article 352(1) TFEU.

European conservatives seem poised to hollow out the EU Green Deal. However, it is posited here that their drive is at odds with the European constitutional framework, which should be read as containing a general principle of environmental non-regression.

This post comments on the recent Commission proposal for an EU Space Act, arguing that its regulatory design is heavily reminiscent of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar digital single market legislation. Is the Commission proposing a GDPR for outer space?

The Nature Restoration Law is innovative in the way it addresses urban ecosystems, connectivity and public health. Yet, illogically, it pays no attention to the distribution of urban green spaces. Member states should fill that legal gap in their implementation plans.

The EFTA Court held in a recent advisory opinion that environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for fossil fuel projects must cover both direct and end-use GHG emissions. This clarifies the EIA Directive’s scope and has major implications for fossil fuel permitting across Europe.

The European Union’s 2040 emission reduction target must be compliant with the standards developed by the European Court of Human Rights in KlimaSeniorinnen. Everything else would not only be politically unwise, but asking for legal trouble from national courts and the ECtHR.

This blog post explores how UK welfare reform may limit EU citizens’ access to family benefits, raising concerns about accurate classification of benefits under Regulation 883/2004, the protection of cross-border social security access, and the need for CJEU clarification.

This post examines Germany’s deportation orders against three EU citizens involved in pro-Palestinian activism, exploring the implications of Germany's Staatsräson for EU citizenship rights and freedom of expression.

This article explores why the EU has been reluctant to use its market power to enforce migration readmission through trade conditionality, despite its success in linking trade to other policy areas.

Fast-tracking EU membership applications has been discussed since Ukraine applied to join the Union in 2022. This post addresses some open questions and highlights the lack of clarity on this issue, mapping out the direction for further legal research.

This blog post unpacks how the recent teleological approach of the CJEU to the interpretation of Article 263(4) TFEU, in the cases concerning the access of international actors to EU courts, supports the argument for the reinterpretation of the notion of “individual concern”.

This post reviews the EU regulatory framework for renewable hydrogen, highlighting challenges to the industry's emergence. It analyses the factors behind slow market development, with a focus on regulatory complexity.

In this post, the author, while analysing the Advocate General's Opinion in EDPS v. SRB, argues that adopting a "relative" approach in interpreting the scope of "personal data" in the GDPR may be doctrinally incoherent.

This post considers whether an argument for breach of the level playing field and good faith requirements in EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement could be sustained.

From lawyers writing pleadings with AI to judges drafting verdicts using ChatGPT, artificial intelligence is reshaping courtrooms. This blog post looks at Dutch verdicts in which ChatGPT was used by litigants or the judge, and explores the implications for judicial practice.

[Deadline: 15.01.2026] We are pleased to announce the 9th YELS, which will be held at the Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale), Germany. This year’s topic is "The EU’s Foreign and Security Policy: External Trade and Economic Security".

[10-12 October 2025] The International Nuremberg Principles Academy cordially invites you to the Nuremberg Forum 2025 held at Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice.

[24 October 2025] At T.M.C. Asser Institute, leading scholars and practitioners address digitalisation and fairness in private international law

[30.09.2025] The editors of EDSeQ welcome submissions for the inaugural issue

T.M.C. Asser Institute invites abstracts from early-career scholars for a Private International Law panel on 24 October 2025

The European Commission is pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 EU Product Safety Award, a unique initiative recognising excellence in research that contributes to the advancement of consumer product safety across the EU.

[29 September 2025] Young researchers are invited to submit an abstract in English for 6th Young Legal Researchers Conference 2025

2 June, Dr Aurélie Villanueva (Groningen) will speak about her work on the economic and non-economic dichotomy of culture in European Union Law.

The editors of EStAL welcome submissions for the upcoming issues, published online and in print.

[1 June 2025] The European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (EYCL) invites scholars from around the world to submit proposals for its 2026 issue on “Social Rights and Constitutional Justice”.

[May 6 and 7th, 2025] The Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice Series is a series of biennial international interdisciplinary conferences established by the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Mechanisms and National Responsibility

The Young Belgian Association for European Union Law (Young BEDER) invites early-career EU law scholars and practitioners to submit abstracts for a presentation at the upcoming workshop ‘A European Union of Values: Quo Vadis?’, which will take place on 27 November 2025.

[30 June 2025]The T.M.C. Asser Instituut, CLEER, Utrecht University, and the University of Groningen are organizing a two-day workshop for PhD and early-career scholars on the legal dimensions of the EU’s role in reviving multilateralism

[Deadline: 7 May 2025] Privacy and Data Protection in a Rapidly Changing World