Law & Justice

UK Prime Minister Seeks Tightened EU Gun Laws

December 16, 2015

The Mirror reports that, in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for an EU-wide ban on semi-automatic weapons and the tightening of EU firearm restrictions in order to make it more difficult for criminal and terrorists to obtain guns.
EU Launches Legal Action over Migration

December 16, 2015

The BBC reports that the European Commission has launched infringement cases against Greece, Croatia, and Italy for failing to properly register migrants entering their territories from North Africa and the Middle East, and against Hungary for what the EU considers to be restrictive asylum laws.
Committee Proposes Enhancing EU Counterterrorism Powers

December 16, 2015

Members of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee have offered a set of EU counterterrorism responses to the November attacks in Paris, including the strengthening of law-enforcement cooperation by European governments through the agency Europol and the adoption of a "Passenger Name Record" that would track international airline passengers in the bloc.
EU Advances Measures on Terrorism, Firearms

December 16, 2015

The European Commission has announced a package of measures that expand criminal sanctions on terrorism-related conduct, such as terrorist training and traveling abroad for terrorist purposes, and that seek to coordinate efforts toward firearms control, including information exchanges among countries on firearms and strengthened border controls.
EU Drops Case Against Investment Banks

December 16, 2015

The European Commission has announced that it is dropping charges against 13 investment banks following an antitrust investigation into the firms' activities in the market for credit-default swaps that failed to disclose evidence of the Commission's concerns of illegality.
UK May Face Added Cost in ECJ Expansion

December 15, 2015

The Daily Mail reports that the doubling of the number of judges on the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ"), which the UK attempted to block as "disproportionate" to the ECJ's needs, may require added funding from Britain over the course of the four-year expansion process.
EU Considers Greater Authority on Border Control

December 14, 2015

Reuters reports that EU and national officials are considering new measures that would strengthen the bloc's external border security agency, called Frontex, including a proposal that could permit a majority of EU members to force a country to accept assistance from Frontex in securing that country's borders.
Denmark Voters Reject EU Criminal Justice Rules

December 14, 2015

In a recent referendum, Danish voters rejected an "opt-in" to a set of EU home affairs and criminal justice measures proposed by the country's government.
Hungary Files Suit Against EU on Refugee Quota

December 09, 2015

The Government of Hungary has announced that it is filing a complaint at the Court of Justice of the EU challenging the EU's establishment of quotas requiring each country to accept a certain proportion of 120,000 asylum seekers in the bloc.
EU Officials Consider Establishing "European FBI"

December 08, 2015

POLITICO reports that calls from national and EU leaders to transform the European intelligence agency Europol into a full-fledged law enforcement agency in charge of aggregating intelligence on suspected terrorists, like the US Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), has received push-back from some legislators and government officials.