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EU Issues "Rule of Law Opinion" on Poland
June 01, 2016
As part of a process developed by the European Commission in 2014 that could end in the suspension of Poland's EU voting rights, the Commission has announced that it will send a Rule of Law Opinion to the Government of Poland pushing for a resolution to a conflict between the Government and the country's Constitutional Tribunal.
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FRA Joins Talks on German Intelligence Activities
May 27, 2016
As part of its project on safeguards for fundamental rights in national intelligence and surveillance operations, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights recently participated in a conference hosted by the German Institute for Human Rights on integrating constitutional and human rights law in Germany's foreign intelligence activities.
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FRA: EU States Have Duty to "Empower" Migrants
May 25, 2016
At a Rule of Law Dialogue organized by the Dutch Presidency of the EU, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Michael O’Flaherty called on EU member states to fulfill their "responsibilities to engage, empower and support migrants" to uphold the rule of law.
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Bootle: Brexit Would Shield Britain from Euro Collapse
May 23, 2016
British economist Roger Bootle writes that a British vote to depart the EU would permit the UK to avoid the risk of remaining within the margins of a potential United States of Europe and would partially shield the country from any break-up or collapse of the euro currency.
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ECHR Text Forms Basis for Major UK Privacy Ruling
May 20, 2016
The Telegraph explains how the UK Human Rights Act, which implemented the European Convention on Human Rights in British law, has become the first "privacy law" used to suppress news stories on public figures in the country.
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