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Central European Leaders Oppose EU Climate Target
June 21, 2019
Reuters reports that leaders from Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary refused to back the inclusion of a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050 in a final statement from an EU summit, citing the potential harm to their economies of a clampdown on fossil fuels.
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ECJ Adviser: Poland’s Judicial Retirement Changes Violate EU Law
June 20, 2019
Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Advocate General Evgeni Tanchev has issued an opinion asserting that a Polish law lowering the retirement age of judges, including of the country’s Supreme Court, to 60 for women and 65 for men, violates EU laws on discrimination and judicial independence.
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EU Regulation Imposes Transparency Mandate on Tech Companies
June 19, 2019
The EU institutions have passed a regulation requiring tech companies to provide “transparent terms and conditions” to business customers on online platforms and to offer “effective possibilities of redress,” including an internal mechanism for handling complaints, when these terms are violated.
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EU Official Seeks Consequences for “Foot-Dragging” on Swiss-EU Deal
June 19, 2019
Bloomberg reports that European Commissioner for the EU’s “neighborhood policy” Johannes Hahn has called for the Commission to curb EU firms’ access to Swiss stock exchanges beginning in July if negotiators fail to make progress by that time on a framework agreement on Swiss-EU relations.
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UK Official Seeks EU-Wide Approach to Post-Brexit Citizens’ Rights
June 19, 2019
The Guardian reports that the UK’s Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has urged the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to rethink his refusal to “ring-fence” citizens’ rights from the remainder of the UK-EU withdrawal deal to ensure their protection in the event the UK leaves the bloc without an agreement.
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