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EU Law Analysis: Slipping through our fingers: the CJEU rules on the value of parenthood in EU law

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Friday, 17 July 2015. Slipping through our fingers: the CJEU rules on the value of parenthood in EU law. The vast bulk of EU legislation and case law on sex discrimination aims to facilitate women’s access to employment, and their equal treatment within the workplace. Yesterday’s CJEU ruling. Approaches these issues from an unusual angle: the access of a father. EU rules on parental leave date from an agreement. Of social partners in 1996, which was updated. Paren...

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EU Law Analysis: Integration Requirements for family reunion: the CJEU limits Member States’ discretion

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Thursday, 9 July 2015. Integration Requirements for family reunion: the CJEU limits Member States’ discretion. Many Member States have, in recent years, required non-EU citizens who would like to join their family members in the EU to pass a form of integration test first. The EU’s family reunion Directive. The integration measures can only be applied after they come to the country. The CJEU answered that question for the first time today, in its judgment. On the ...

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EU Law Analysis: “Don’t mention the extra judges!” When CJEU reform turns into farce

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Friday, 3 July 2015. 8220;Don’t mention the extra judges! 8221; When CJEU reform turns into farce. The classic British comedy Fawlty Towers. This proposal was opposed by many staff in the General Court. So four General Court judges appeared before the European Parliament to object to this plan (let’s call them, collectively, ‘Manuel’). For discussion of Manuel’s counter-arguments, see the recent blog post. Very recently the proposal was formally adopted. Thirdly, ...

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EU Law Analysis: July 2015

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Friday, 31 July 2015. The Calais crisis: which Member State is responsible? Several thousand migrants are living in poor conditions near Calais, many apparently intent on making it to the UK. Their attempts to find passage via the Eurotunnel are severely delaying travel on both sides of the border. Which country is responsible for them: the UK or France? Of course, the migrants don’t actually want to shut EU free movement down, since that would defeat their ...

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EU Law Analysis: EU visa policy: A dash for growth?

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Monday, 6 July 2015. EU visa policy: A dash for growth? Historically, EU visa policy has principally concerned itself with controlling the risk of irregular migration and possible threats to security, balanced against EU foreign policy objectives. But in the last few years that policy has increasingly come to take account of economic growth (most notably as regards the EU tourism industry). This reorientation was launched in a Commission communication. The (implie...

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EU Law Analysis: Institutional balance and the negotiation of international agreements

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Tuesday, 21 July 2015. Institutional balance and the negotiation of international agreements. Andrés Delgado Casteleiro, Lecturer at Durham Law School. In last Thursday’s judgment. On the Case C-425/13, Commission v Council. Between 2012 and 2013, the Commission negotiated an agreement with Switzerland to link. The Judgment of the CJEU. For the Court, those obligations mean that the Commission must provide the special committee with all the information necessary f...

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EU Law Analysis: National parliaments and the “Five Presidents’ Report’: The long road towards the democratization of EMU

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Thursday, 30 July 2015. National parliaments and the “Five Presidents’ Report’: The long road towards the democratization of EMU. Ton van den Brink, Associate Professor, University of Utrecht. The recent ‘Five Presidents’ Report’ contains far-reaching proposals to deepen the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), which have been analyzed here. What is at stake for national parliaments? Taxation and budget rights are among the most concrete constitutional rights t...

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EU Law Analysis: Divorce and free movement law: a problematic CJEU judgment

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Thursday, 16 July 2015. Divorce and free movement law: a problematic CJEU judgment. Yesterday’s CJEU ruling. Addresses an important issue: What happens when a marriage between an EU citizen (who has moved to another Member State) and a non-EU citizen ends, after the EU citizen has already left that Member State? The EU Citizens’ Directive. My comments below therefore are adapted from my earlier comments. From the UK on these issues). A ‘spouse’ remains...On free m...

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EU Law Analysis: June 2015

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Monday, 29 June 2015. Same-Sex Marriage: The EU is Lagging Behind. Associate Professor in EU Law, School of Law, University of Reading. Last Friday, in its much-awaited ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. LGB US citizens are now able to marry a same-sex partner, and to be recognised, together with the latter, as a married couple everywhere. Can the EU Require Member States to Open Marriage to Same-Sex Couples? It was pointed out that the Charter Article providing the ...

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EU Law Analysis: No more "Faber" fortunae suae: the EU consumer’s status after Faber v Hazet

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Expert insight into EU law developments. Sunday, 5 July 2015. No more "Faber" fortunae suae: the EU consumer’s status after Faber v Hazet. Luigi Lonardo, PhD candidate, King's College London. Are buyers of retail goods "consumers" even when they do not claim this status? According to the findings of the First Chamber of the Court of Justice in. The answer is yes.- Purchasers are consumers, whether they know it or not,provided they conclude the contract not for business or professional reasons. The Gerech...