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EU Letter Pledges Protection of Defense Policy from UK “Interference”
December 10, 2018
RTE reports that advice produced by staff of the European Council assures EU member states that the Political Declaration on the UK-EU future relationship would protect EU ministerial meetings on foreign policy and defense issues from “outside interference” by Britain and other countries.
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ECJ Forces Poland to Reverse Judicial Retirement Policy
December 10, 2018
In November, the Polish Parliament passed an amendment to the country’s judicial reform law reversing course on lowering the retirement age of Supreme Court judges, in compliance with an order from the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to suspend the policy change.
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Irish Court Surrenders Man to Poland Despite Judicial Controversy
December 10, 2018
The Irish Times reports that Ireland’s High Court has ordered authorities to surrender a man wanted in Poland on drug trafficking charges under the terms of the European Arrest Warrant because alleged “generalised and systemic” violations of Polish judicial independence did not threaten the suspect’s right to a fair trial.
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ECtHR Finds Russian Rights Violations Against Opposition Leader
December 07, 2018
In a ruling in November, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the Russian government had violated the rights to liberty, fair trial, and assembly of political opposition leader Aleksey Navalnyy by repeatedly arresting him while he led peaceful public demonstrations.
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EU Acknowledges Risks of Sale of Passports, Citizenship
December 07, 2018
The Express reports that EU officials are acknowledging the practice by several of the bloc’s member states of permitting people to buy passports for and citizenship of those countries, thus granting the purchaser the right to live and work anywhere in the EU.
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