Law & Justice

Daily Mail: European Commission Threatens to Block Britain's Reform of Human Rights Act

December 22, 2021

As concerns rise over Britain's judicial ‘sovereign independence' the United Kingdom has presented reforms that would allow British rulings to take precedence over those of the European Court of Human Rights causing a rebuff from Brussels who threatened to no longer cooperate on crime should the reforms pass.
Recalling the Vatican’s 2019 Document on Gender Theory in Education

December 10, 2021

The Vatican’s 2019 document on gender theory in education relates to Venice Commission scrutiny of Hungary’s laws protecting children from gender identification indoctrination
ECJ AG Backs Rule-of-Law Measure

December 04, 2021

In a setback for Poland and Hungary, an opinion by an ECJ advocate general called on the court to dismiss a challenge from the two countries against a law that allows Brussels to block EU funds to member states that fail to guarantee independent courts or institutions according to the EU.
Politico: ECJ Rules against Hungary in Judicial Rule-of-Law Case

November 23, 2021

Rule-of-law is once again front and center as the the EU’s Court of Justice ruled that Hungary’s supreme court had improperly interfered with and disciplined a lower court judge, highlighting the subject of whether or not Hungarian judges can freely submit questions to EU’s highest court.
ECJ: Polish Rules on Appointing Judges Violate EU Law

November 17, 2021

The legal battles continued this week between the EU and Poland over whose law has primacy when the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the ability of the Polish government to appoint and remove judges from trials is in violation of EU law.
Parliament Sues Commission Over Failure to Use New Rule of Law Power

November 03, 2021

The European Parliament has sued the European Commission over its failure to trigger a new power linking EU funding to a country’s respect for the rule of law.
EU Top Official Clashes with Polish PM Over Rule of Law

October 20, 2021

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki laid bare their differences of opinion on rule-of-law principles during a heated debate with EU lawmakers.
Google to Appeal $5 Billion EU Fine

September 29, 2021

Google is appealing in the Court of Justice of the European Union a 2018 decision of the EU's antitrust enforcer that imposed a record $5 billion penalty for allegedly stifling competition through the dominance of its Android operating system.
ECtHR Finds Russia Culpable in Poisoning of Litvinenko

September 22, 2021

The European Court of Human Rights has determined that Russia was responsible for the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died in 2006 after being poisoned in London with a rare radioactive substance.
EU Observer: Rule-of-Law Issues Continue to Stall Hungary-Poland Recovery Plans

September 07, 2021

Concerns regarding the rule of law are keeping The EU Commission locked in negotiations with Hungary and Poland over the approval of their Covid-19 recovery plans including Poland’s challenge to the primacy of EU law over national law.