Paying attention to the CJEU’s recent judgment KS&KD, this post argues that the CJEU’s jurisdiction for damages claims is not capable of changing the prosperities of the EU’s accession to the ECHR.

This post explores the Court of Justice’s ruling in KS and KD v Council, expanding its jurisdiction in Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) matters while balancing judicial oversight with strategic political decisions, especially regarding human rights in EU missions.

This post examines the Court's rejection of the Commission's Article 22 referral policy in the Illumina case. The judgment restricts the Commission's power to review mergers below the thresholds, highlighting the need to reconsider its approach to closing the enforcement gap.

The post discusses WS v. Frontex and its appeal, focusing on clarifying Frontex's human rights obligations. It offers a fresh perspective on how the CJEU may balance fundamental rights and Frontex’s limited powers in conducting lawful Return Operations with Member States.

The Western Sahara conflict faces new scrutiny in the EU. The CJEU's imminent ruling on EU-Morocco trade deals may redefine EU external relations, raising legal questions on sovereignty and international law.

This post examines the TAP Portugal judgment within the broader framework of consumer protection, arguing for the necessity of EU courts and regulators to reassess these standards and offer clearer guidance to ensure a fair balance of rights and interests.

The ECtHR held that States have a human rights obligation to mitigate the climate crisis. It heavily relied on the Aarhus Convention to broaden standing of environmental associations but noted in passing that it is not applicable to climate litigation. We disprove this statement.

In July 2024, a French startup filed the first-ever application for a novel food authorisation of a cultivated meat product in the EU. We discuss the potential for “legal disruption” considering the controversial debate on the societal and economic impact of this technology.

This post comments on a preliminary ruling in which the ECJ held that a ten-year residence requirement imposed on long-term resident third-country nationals to access basic income under Italian law in is breach of EU law.

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This post argues that the new AI Act focuses too much to organizing the AI software, and omits protecting the individual rights of the AI tool users.

This blogpost is dedicated to legal questions arising from the ongoing ‘coalition crisis’ in Austria, following Environment Minister’s decision to vote in favour of the Regulation on Nature Restoration despite the opposing will of Austria’s Chancellor and 7 Regional Governments.

This post concerns a question which ought to be of concern to all who practise in or study EU law: does the EU administrative law acquis provide the Union’s courts with the tools they need to supervise the exercise of Union power across a range of competences?

This post discusses the ban on predictive policing in the AI Act and seeks to demonstrate the potential limitations of its effectiveness through a critical analysis of this provision.

This article examines how the EU's media protection legislation—specifically the EMFA—does not sufficiently secure media pluralism guarantees in two Member State case studies, Hungarian public media and Italian private media.

This blogpost aims to examine the complex landscape of border procedures based on the final text of the Asylum Procedures Regulation.

This piece aims to provide a deeper overview of the EU’s direct commitment towards the LGBTIQA+ community during the EU legislative term 2019-2024.

This post, discusses the suitability of the revised transparency requirements for single-name CDSs of the MiFIR Review.

This post it shows how unanimity voting can function as a tool to preserve the unjust status quo to the detriment of minority rights, and contrasts the pragmatic nature of the travaux préparatoires of Article 19 TFEU with the principled approach of the US debate.

This post argues that a more principled emphasis in Case T-682/21 on openness in environmental policy would have led to the same outcome but would have also made the Union’s transparency framework more robust, in line with the objectives of the Aarhus Convention.

[Deadline: 15 July 2025] The open access journal "ERDAL", European Review of Digital Administration & Law, is pleased to announce its upcoming special issue on the topic of oversight of automated public administration

[Deadline: 31 December 2024] The event aims to foster interdisciplinary discussions by bringing together practitioners, scholars, and experts to explore various aspects of sanctions in international and European law, politics, and economics.

[13 December 2024] This workshop in Amsterdam brings together academics and practitioners to identify and creatively think about legal opportunity structures in EU law to challenge insufficient EU climate action before the EU courts.

[Deadline: 1 December 2024] - A €300 prize will be awarded to the early-career author of the best blog post submitted between 1 September and 1 December 2024.

[Deadline: 31 October 2024] Call for papers for a workshop organised by the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business in Vienna, Austria on 16-17 January 2025

[Deadline: 01 October 2024] The philosophy of Trade, Law and Development (TL&D) has been to generate and sustain a constructive and democratic debate on emergent issues in international economic law and to serve as a forum for the discussion and distribution of ideas.

[Deadline: 27 September 2024] - Call for papers for a workshop to be held at Utrecht University on 6 December 2024

[Deadline: 6 September 2024] Call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 9th Annual Conference

[Deadline: 1 September 2024] The Jean Monnet Saar invites interested persons to contribute scholarly articles in English or German to their online-symposium “Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Europe”.