Introduction: Towards a Return Regulation  On 11 March 2025, the European Commission published a proposal for a Return Regulation (PRR) intended to repeal the current Return Directive. This reform is the last missing piece...

In recent years, the phenomenon of powerful corporations and governments starting lawsuits to target journalists and human rights defenders has captured much societal attention, and the term ‘Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation’ (‘SLAPPs’) has...

Inaugural Issue Submission Deadline: 30 September 2025 We are pleased to announce the launch of the European Defence & Security Law & Policy Quarterly (EDSeQ), Lexxion’s newest publication dedicated to Europe and defence, security,...

As part of its 60 Years Series, the T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague, will host Adapting Private International Law in an Era of Uncertainty. This one-day event brings together scholars, practitioners, and early career...

From 10 to 12 October, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy is organising the Nuremberg Forum 2025. The international, interdisciplinary conference will be held at Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, the historic...

Call For Submissions European Law Blogger Prize 2025 The Editorial Board of the European Law Blog is pleased to announce the second edition of the European Law Blogger Prize, which is generously funded by...

Introduction On 30 April 2025, a rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament published a Draft Report containing recommendations on the introduction of a new 28th regime: the ‘European...

 A large part of European conservatives seems poised to hollow out the project that was supposed to be the legacy of their very own Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. However, it will be...

On 25 June 2025, the Commission unveiled its much-awaited proposal for an EU Space Act, the first attempt to regulate the space economy at the supranational level. The press release accompanying its launch describes...

In August 2024, the Regulation on Nature Restoration entered into force as part of the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy and the Green Deal. It follows in the footsteps of the Nature Directives, the 1992...

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is inviting submissions of abstracts for its panel titled “Emerging voices in private international law”, part of the Institute’s 60th anniversary conference themed “Adapting private international law in an era...

It is uncontroversial that the climate impact of new oil and gas extraction projects must be assessed before states can grant a permit. A more controversial question is whether this requirement is limited to...

Following some pushback, the European Commission postponed the release of the EU’s 2040 emission reduction target and appears to consider weakening the proposed 90% emission reduction as compared to 1990. However, weakening the EU’s...

Regulation 883/2004 on the harmonisation of social security systems in the EU was drafted, at least in part, to mitigate any potential negative consequences that the utilisation of free movement rights could have on...

Introduction In April 2025, German authorities issued deportation orders to four foreign nationals residing in Berlin, including 3 EU citizens and one US citizen. The orders were reportedly based on their involvement in pro-Palestinian...

Culture is for the Member States, not for the European Union (EU). This position is one which marked the competence divide in the field of culture in the early phases of European integration, and...

Hasselt University’s Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the sixth edition of the Young Legal Researchers Conference, which will take place on Friday 5th of December 2025. The conference will take place in...

On 31 January 2023, the Council presidency initiated negotiations with the European Parliament on the revised Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP). The GSP is a preferential tariff system that provides duty-free access to the...

When applying for EU membership on behalf of his country in 2022, Ukraine’s President requested a “new special procedure” commonly referred to as fast-tracking. Considering the wartime circumstances, this request does not come as...

1.     Introduction The admissibility of actions for annulment lodged by the private applicants remains, to this day, one of the most problematic issues in EU law. According to Article 263(4) TFEU, any natural or...

Hydrogen is rapidly emerging as a critical energy source in the fight against climate change, as it produces no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and generates minimal pollution when utilised. Moreover, hydrogen holds substantial potential...

I. Introduction On 6 February 2025, Advocate General (AG) Spielmann issued his Opinion on the ongoing appeal in EDPS v. SRB (C- 413/23 P). While the case itself delves into issues of pseudonymisation, a...

Introduction The European Union and the United Kingdom are currently engaged in a ‘reset’ of relations. An international summit between the parties will take place in London on 19 May 2025.  The driving forces...

Workshop theme The rules-based international order appears to be crumbling, marked by fragmentation in both trade and defense. The US-China trade war and the imposition by the US administration of “reciprocal” tariffs on allies...

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?’,...

JuWissBlog and Jean Monnet Saar offer young researchers an open platform for scholarly exchange in Public and European Law. In our joint symposium, we explore European and German mechanisms for protecting the Rule of...

EStAL was launched in 2002 as the first pan-European journal dedicated to State aid law. The journal is known for closely monitoring and shaping the reforms, changes and overall developments in the world of...

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. The series is devoted exclusively to the...

The European Yearbook of Constitutional Law is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its eighth volume (2026) on the theme of Social Rights and Constitutional Justice. Social rights – such as the...

The 20th IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, organized by DTU. It aims to create a platform for spreading awareness and facilitating interactions and knowledge exchanges...

Artificial intelligence tools are making waves across the legal sector. ChatGPT in particular is all the hype, with debates still ongoing about its potential role in courtrooms: from assisting judges in drafting opinions, to...

By Dániel G. Szabó and Beáta Bakó A legislative amendment tabled by Fidesz MPs on 21 March would allow for withdrawing the mandate of Hungarian members of the European Parliament (MEPs) if they intentionally...

In C-203/22, Dun & Bradstreet Austria, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered an important decision on algorithmic transparency.   1.     The facts of the case CK (hereinafter also referred to as...

Introduction On 13 March 2025, the First Chamber of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered its judgement in Deldits (C-247/23). The dispute concerned the refusal of Hungarian authorities to update the gender marker...

The EU has long championed food safety as a pillar of consumer protection. From its origins in market harmonisation to the post-BSE shift toward consumer safety, the EU’s food law regime has matured into...

On 19 December 2022, the European Commission launched infringement proceedings against Hungary (Case C‑769/22), alleging, among other things, a direct violation of Article 2 TEU. This sparked debate over whether the ECJ might develop...

The late Polish-born Pope John Paul II famously remarked that Europe should ‘breathe with two lungs’ – its Eastern and Western halves. Two decades after the European Union’s historic enlargement in 2004, which saw...

CLEER and the T.M.C. Asser Institute present their 10th Summer School in EU External Relations Law, from 23 to 25 June 2025 at the campus of VUB University in Brussels, Belgium. The programme will comprise interactive lectures delivered...

The EU finds itself in a dangerous and unpredictable world. For several years now, the EU has faced several external challenges, including the war in Ukraine that started in 2014 and turned into a...

Join the PLSC Europe 2025 conference at Leiden University, focused on privacy and data governance research. Submit your abstract by May 12! We are thrilled to announce the Call for Abstracts for the European Privacy...

The Draghi report is explicit in identifying regulation as an obstacle to European Union’s innovation potential, highlighting the poor commercialisation of innovation and the barriers preventing innovative companies from scaling up in the EU...

The Commission’s mission to downgrade wolf protection  Killing wolves must be made easier. That is the gist of a proposal, filed by the European Commission on 7 March 2025, to amend the appendices of...

The Ensemble of the Energy Trilemma – or: Europe’s Energy Vulnerability Exposed Ever since European integration began, energy and natural resource governance have been central to policy and legislation. Starting with securing supply, legislation...

EU public procurement law is on the move. Following the announcement in the Political Guidelines of the second Von der Leyen Commission before the summer of 2024, the reform of the public procurement directives...

Introduction The last year has seen the publication of the Letta and Draghi Reports and a flurry of EU Deals all concerning the EU’s competitiveness. The recurring theme is the imminent demise of Europe....

By Jessica Commins and Kristina Irion Introduction When we hear digital technologies described as ‘virtual’ or ‘cloud’, it conjures up a feeling of immateriality or weightlessness. Yet this belies the very tangible impact of...

With the development into ‘a mainstream theory’, constitutional pluralism constitutes a way of accommodating the divergent claims to the legitimate authority of the European Union (‘EU’) and the Member States. In the view of...

Case note Stichting Clara Wichmann v. Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. This blog was originally published in Dutch at Nederland Rechtsstaat.   The 18th of February the Dutch College for Human Rights (further: College) rendered...

Introduction On 11 February 2025, the Commission announced the withdrawal of the 2017 Proposal to reform the Comitology Regulation. The reasons for the withdrawal are rather succinct: ‘[n]o foreseeable agreement – the Proposal is...

The current debate over public bathrooms in Europe focuses on who gets to access them, missing the more pressing issue of the lack of them. This piece constructs a legal and policy case for...

The EU’s institutional landscape is based on Article 13 TEU and the institutional balance between the EU’s actors is determined by the specific powers and tasks assigned to them. The EU’s prime institutional set-up...

In recent years, a worrying trend has been observed in member States’ migration policy: the latter are increasingly invoking national security arguments to justify restrictive measures and refoulement in the area of migration, as...

On February 13, AG Ćapeta delivered her Opinion on case C-417/23, Slagelse Almennyttige Boligselskab, Afdeling Schackenborgvænge. The case concerns the Danish laws on ‘ghettos’—areas where certain socio-economic indicators point to social problems and where,...

In a single paragraph, at page four of the recent ‘Competitiveness Compass’, the European Commission briefly presents the ‘28th legal regime’. The latter is an additional, optional legal framework that is meant to provide...

I.           HALLUCINATING TRUTHS Think of Open AI’s ChatGPT inferring an individual’s birth-date or bibliography incorrectly, Google’s Bard erroneously reporting a member of the Dutch Christian-Democratic party as running to be leader of another political...

The Bouskoura case (C-387/24 PPU), lodged on 4 June 2024 and ultimately addressed by the ECJ on 4 October 2024, brings about significant insights at a point of critical juncture between immigrants’ fundamental rights...

On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C-134/23 Elliniko Symvoulio, concerning the Greek designation of Turkey as a ‘safe third country’ for the purposes of international protection. The...

The enormous VAT bill that Italian tax authorities have presented to Meta, based on the estimated value of the data that they have received from users in return for their services, has recently been...

By Gionata Bouché and Etienne Valk The data retention debate is becoming ever-more complex, or so it is written. Since the second La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) installment by the Court of Justice of...

Are you interested in writing short contributions of no more than 1,250 words on recent case law regarding EU law or public international law? Our new Saar Case Notes category is just right for...

All those pursuing research on the topic or working on these issues in practice are invited to submit;  Please submit your proposal online by 31 December 2024.  Scholars who have their abstracts selected for...

The Salzburg Center of European Union Studies (SCEUS) will host a two-day workshop on May 15-16, 2025, offering PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers in law, economics, and political science an opportunity to present papers...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Opinion 28/2024 on 17 December  2024 on the basis of Article 64(2) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This opinion addresses data protection concerns related to...

On 3 December 2024 , the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released draft Guidelines 02/2024 on Article 48 GDPR clarifying the rules for data sharing with third country authorities. The Guidelines are another essential...

Introduction The ruling in Kneschke vs. LAION by the German Hamburg Regional Court (Court) represents the first landmark case clarifying the application of the CDSM Directive’s text and data mining (TDM) exceptions to AI...

The European Union (EU) – and its legal order – occupies a unique position in international law. In this context, the ‘autonomy of EU law’, since its judge-made creation in the 1960s, continues to...

Dear Readers,   The Editorial Board of the European Law Blog is delighted to announce the winner of the first-ever European Law Blogger Prize! Following a rigorous review process, the €300 prize has been...

Monday, 14th October 2024, 11:00-12:00 (BST): Front Polisario II Workshop Organisers: Dr Jed Odermatt, City St George’s, University of London & Prof Ramses Wessel, University of Groningen Monday, 4th November, 14:00-19:00 (GMT): UKAEL Young...

The interaction between EU law and international law is an intriguing subject. The receptiveness of domestic legal orders vis-à-vis the international legal order is an all-time classic of foreign relations law and of course...

Rekindling the ultra-vires debate? Most lawyers in the field of European Union law seem to have reached an (unspoken) consensus that breaches of the principle of conferral of powers (Art. 5(2) TEU) either do...

The European Data Protection Board Guidelines on pseudonymisation were adopted on January 16, 2025, and are open for consultation until February 28, 2025. The EDPB has been working on this piece of guidance for...

Introduction On the 29th of January this year, the General Court dismissed the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) action seeking to annul parts of three decisions issued by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)...

Transparency is an explicit normative choice made in the Lisbon Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. They place an obligation on the EU Institutions to ‘conduct their work as openly as possible’, take...

EAPIL Winter School in European Private International Law: MULTISTATE TORTS University of Insubria, Department of Law, Economics and Cultures 10th- 15th February 2025 THE WINTER COURSE Coordinator: Silvia Marino Scientific Committee: Silvia Marino, University...

The ICON-S Benelux Chapter is organising its second conference on 22 and 23 May 2025. The conference will take place at the Université libre de Bruxelles – Faculty of Law and Criminology, with a programme...

Call for Abstracts Workshop: Exploring the Autonomy of Cities: Philosophical, Legal, and Policy Dimensions Organized by: Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger (AUP), Nefeli Lefkopoulou (Sciences Po Paris), Marc Goetzmann (Université de Tours).  Cities have long served as centers of economic activity, cultural innovation, and...

The European Law Unbound Society (ELU-S) exists for its members. The goal is to build an open community of scholars interested in law in Europe, where everyone is welcome, regardless of career stage, academic...

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 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...

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...

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 Leino-Sandberg...

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...

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...

Against the background of the widespread failure of states to address the climate crisis, litigation is increasingly seen as a key tool for shaking public authorities into action (e.g., Eckes 2021; KlimaSeniorinnen, paras 412,...

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...

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...

Published on Sep 09, 2024 [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...

The scientific 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. Topic areas for contributions...

The European Commission has recently published an initiative that aims to regulate virtual worlds and Web 4.0 which is structured around the objectives of the Digital Decade policy programme. Virtual reality (VR) is a...

The state of media pluralism around the world stands at one of its most transformative points in modern history. The development of new technologies and the impact of social media platforms have radically reshaped...

After years of anticipation, the final text of the Artificial Intelligence Act (‘the Act’) was approved by the Council on May 21st of this year. The landmark regulation, first of its kind, positions the...

Disclosure: the author was a member of the Applicant’s counsel team Introduction This post concerns a question which ought to be of concern to all who practise in or study EU law:  does the...

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

The industry has tricked us; Scientists and regulators have failed us. AI is developing not individually (as humans become individuals) but collectively. A huge collective hive to collect, store and process all of humanity’s...

Introduction The opening of the Paris Olympics on 26 July 2024 coincided with a potentially significant development in one of France’s most renowned gastronomic traditions. The French cultivated meat startup, Gourmey, applied for a...

We are looking for high-quality contributions exploring how best to regulate and govern the use of AI, that are used across society, particularly their implications for human rights and the responsibilities of organisations. Including...

We are excited to announce the launch of our revamped European Law Blog. The new website is designed to better serve both our authors and readers. A special thank-you to the UvA Diamond Open...

1.        Introduction In a recent Grand Chamber judgment, handed down on 29 July 2024, the ECJ made an important clarification of the right to equal treatment of third-country national long-term residents in the Member...

Event announcement The Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE)’s building block on EU values in International Trade is organizing the third edition of its annual informal workshop on EU trade and...

Call For Submissions – European Law Blogger Prize 2024 The Editorial Board of the European Law Blog is pleased to announce its first European Law Blogger Prize to celebrate the launch of its new...

13 December 2024 Amsterdam (the Netherlands) Roeterseilandcampus – building A This workshop brings together academics and practitioners to identify and creatively think about legal opportunity structures in EU law to challenge insufficient EU climate...

19 July 2024/ By Editorial Board Call For Submissions – European Law Blogger Prize 2024 The Editorial Board of the European Law Blog is pleased to announce its first European Law Blogger Prize to...

16 July 2024/ By Vagelis Papakonstantinou Blogpost 37/2024 The industry has tricked us; Scientists and regulators have failed us. AI is developing not individually (as humans become individuals) but collectively. A huge collective hive...

10 July 2024/ By Malcolm Birdling Blogpost 35/2024 Disclosure: the author was a member of the Applicant’s counsel team   Introduction This post concerns a question which ought to be of concern to all...

15 July 2024/ By Sophie Dukarm Blogpost 36/2024 This blogpost is dedicated to legal questions arising from the ongoing ‘coalition crisis’ in Austria, following Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler’s decision to vote in favour of...

5 July 2024/ By Jessie Levano Blogpost 34/2024 After years of anticipation, the final text of the Artificial Intelligence Act (‘the Act’) was approved by the Council on May 21st of this year. The...

1 July 2024/ By Henry Barrett Blogpost 33/2024 The state of media pluralism around the world stands at one of its most transformative points in modern history. The development of new technologies and the...

28 June 2024/ By Annelieke Mooij and Jip Tushuizen Blogpost 32/2024 The European Commission has recently published an initiative that aims to regulate virtual worlds and Web 4.0 which is structured around the objectives...

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....

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,...

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...

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....

21 May 2024/ 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

3 April 2024/ By Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon and Bárbara da Rosa Lazarotto By Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon and Barbara Lazarotto Blogpost 22/2024 The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a regulation enacted by the European Union as part...

26 March 2024/ By Fiene Kohn Blogpost 21/2024 In February, the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) rejected a motion regarding electoral thresholds in EU electoral law, finally allowing for the necessary national approval of...

25 March 2024/ By Alexandre Lodie Blogpost 20/2024 On 7 March 2024, the ECJ released two very important decisions on the extent of the definition of ‘personal data’ under EU data protection law in...

12 March 2024/ By Joris Janssen Blogpost 19/2024 The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive at risk In December 2023, following a lengthy Trilogue, a political agreement was reached regarding the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...

4 March 2024/ By Sophia Hassel Blogpost 18/2024 Since C-300/21 Österreichische Post, the first ECJ decision on non-material damages under GDPR, the ECJ has handed down multiple other decisions on the topic (C-340/21 Natsionalna...

29 February 2024/ By Marjut Salokannel Blogpost 17/2024 In accordance with the European data strategy the European Commission gave its proposal for the Regulation on European Health Data Space (EHDS) in May 2022. The...

27 February 2024/ By Clara Muller Blogpost 16/2024 On the 9th of November 2023, the Court of Justice issued a judgment concerning the interpretation of the derogation clause in Article 3 (4) of the...

26 February 2024/ By Amy Weatherburn Blogpost 15/2024 On 21 December 2023, a political agreement was reached between the Council and the European Parliament on the text of the revised Single Permit Directive. This...

22 February 2024/ By Lia Gobiet Blogpost 14/2024 Nearly 4 million people fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion started in February 2022. Within the territory of the EU, those persons who are unable to...

19 February 2024/ By Alexandra Molitorisová and Kai Purnhagen By Alexandra Molitorisová and Kai P. Purnhagen Blogpost 13/2024 Between 26-28 January 2024, the Chair of Food Law of the University of Bayreuth, Campus Kulmbach,...

14 February 2024/ By Lynn Hillary and Bas Schotel Blogpost 12/2024 In September 2023, the General Court of the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that Frontex did not incur non-contractual liability for...

12 February 2024/ By Elspeth Guild Blogpost 11/2024 Nowhere in this judgment of 5 December 2023 does the term ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) appear, yet for the first time the Court of Justice of the...

6 February 2024/ By Stephanie Rossello Blogpost 10/2024 INTRODUCTION For those looking for more guidance by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the meaning of “personal data” and, in particular,...

5 February 2024/ By Miriam Schuler Blogpost 9/2024 On 12 December 2023, Hungary passed a bill for the defence of national sovereignty which reportedly provides ‘the executive with even more opportunity to silence and...

1 February 2024/ By David Fåhraeus Blogpost 8/2024 AG Kokott recently gave her Opinion on the ongoing saga between the European Commission and Google. She advised the Court to dismiss all of Google’s grounds...

30 January 2024/ By Antonia-Evangelia Christopoulou Blogpost 7/2024 In December 2023, the European Commission published its first review of the Regulation (EU) 2019/788 on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI Regulation). The 2023 ECI Review...

29 January 2024/ By Gesa Kübek and Jonas Bornemann Blogpost 6/2024 Is gender-based violence against women a ground for granting refugee protection under international and EU law? The European Court of Justice (ECJ) essentially...

25 January 2024/ By Maria Magierska Blogpost 5/2024 On 7 December 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued two landmark rulings against the German credit scoring agency SCHUFA. Both decisions significantly strengthen the...

23 January 2024/ By Maria Grazia Porcedda Blogpost 4/2024 When the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite or the ‘NAP’) suffered a malicious data leak in 2019, it joined the growing ranks...

Blogpost 3/2024 While pesticides are argued to be paramount to food security, their pollution poses serious threats to biodiversity, human health, and medium to long-term food security. The alarm bells regarding these risks have...

16 January 2024/ By Ingo Venzke and Laurens Ankersmit By Ingo Venzke & Laurens Ankersmit Blogpost 2/2024 Introduction It is hard to overlook the pervasive influence of advertising that encourages unsustainable behaviour and consumption. As...

15 January 2024/ By Nicholas Franssen Blogpost 1/2024 Disclaimer: The views in this blog are strictly personal and do not in any way represent an official position of the Dutch government. Judging by the...

22 December 2023/ By Editorial Board As we reach the end of 2023, we would like to present the European Law Blog’s top ten most-read blog posts of the year. This list of top...

21 December 2023/ By Lisette Mustert Blogpost 58/2023 On 6 September of this year, the General Court declared the European Data Protection Supervisor’s (EDPS) action to annul two provisions laid down in the new...

19 December 2023/ By Danaja Fabcic Povse Blogpost 57/2023 To what extent were covid-19 measures such as closed borders, quarantines, and obligatory testing permitted under EU law? The judgment in the case Nordic Info...

15 December 2023/ By David Nagode Blogpot 56/2023 ‘Eco-friendly’ and ‘climate-neutral’ have become beloved phrases when it comes to marketing and labelling of everyday products. Apparently to such an extent that companies have decided...

14 December 2023/ By Gareth Davies Blogpost 55/2023 In OP v Commune d’Ans, the Court of Justice determined that a rule maintained by a Belgian municipality, which prohibited the showing of any signs of...

13 December 2023/ By Mykola Bilousov and Katharine Woolrych Blogpost 54/2023 After millions of people fled to the EU following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Council Directive 2001/55/EC was activated for the first time in...

12 December 2023/ By Charlie Bennett Blogpost 53/2023 An asset with a ‘dual-use’ nature is relatively simple in theory – it is an asset that inherently has the potential for both civilian and military...

11 December 2023/ By Vasiliki Kosta Blogpost 52/2023 The illiberal challenge to academic freedom emanating from national governments, and notably in Hungary, has brought the topic of academic freedom to the spotlight also in...

17 November 2023/ By Kenneth Propp Blogpost 46/2023 Note that the author of this post was the co-organizer of the conference discussed below. The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) has only just taken effect,...

20 November 2023/ By David Nagode Blogpost 47/2023 ‘An “emulsified high fat offal tube” on account of it not containing enough meat’ were the words of the Rt. Hon. James Hacker in the 1980s...

27 November 2023/ By Roos Klomberg Blogpost 48/2023 Safeguarding fundamental rights as an executing authority in surrender procedures concerning a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) has been possible since the rulings of the European Court...

30 November 2023/ By Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel and Pietro Mattioli Blogpost 49/2023 This post relies on research being conducted in the framework of the ERC Starting Grant EUDAIMONIA (GA: 948473). Regulation 2022/2065, also known...

5 December 2023/ By Sara Notario Blogpost 51/2023 In 2008, the European Union (‘EU’) established its largest civilian mission under the Common Security and Defence Policy (‘CSDP’): the European Union Rule of Law Mission...

Blogpost 50/2023 This blogpost only reflects the views of their authors and not the organisations they represent. Introduction In his second Opinion on the HADOPI case (C-470/21) (short for: Haute Autorité pour la diffusion...