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Switzerland Supreme Court Rejects Climate Change Lawsuit
May 27, 2020
Finding that it is too early to claim fundamental human rights violations based on climate change, the Supreme Court of Switzerland has denied an appeal by the Senior Women for Climate Change Protection alleging that Switzerland's government was failing to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions in a way that would correspond with the Paris Agreement's goal of keeping global warming well below 2ºC.
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Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Will be Challenged by EU Regulations
May 20, 2020
German regulators have rejected the €9.5 billion Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline project request for a 10-year pass from new European Union gas rules on unbundling, network access, and cost regulation.
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High EU Court Condemns Hungary’s Migrant Transit Zone
May 20, 2020
On May 14, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Hungary's confinement of third-party asylum seekers subject to a "return decision" in transit zones at the Serbian-Hungarian border "must be classified as detention."
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New President of European Court of Human Rights Will be Tested
May 20, 2020
As Judge Robert Spano (Iceland) assumes the Presidency of the European Court of Human Rights, he faces backlogged applications and critics who call the ECtHR "activist," thought Spano has a history of supporting subsidiarity and measured respect for national sovereignty.
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EU Commission Struggles with German Court Decision
May 13, 2020
EU Commission officials are struggling with what steps to take relating to the decision of the Constitutional Court of Germany that challenges the authority of the European Court of Justice to exclusively interpret the monetary policy of the European Central Bank, including the option of infringement proceedings.
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