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New FRA Director Seeks Expanded Impact
March 28, 2016
The new Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA"), Michael O'Flaherty, has announced his plans to expand the impact of the FRA by increasing work on police and criminal justice matters, issuing periodic guidance on migration and fundamental rights, and working with national human rights institutions on human rights standards in EU member states.
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FRA Points to Legal Obstacles to Use of Passenger Data
March 23, 2016
In a presentation to a recent Operational Heads of Airports Conference in Málaga, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") pointed out "legal and operational challenges" and fundamental rights implications involved in government use of a Passenger Name Record to attempt to disrupt terror plots in the EU.
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MEP Seeks Single EU Deposit Guarantee
March 23, 2016
As legislators in Brussels continue to push for EU "banking union," Member of the European Parliament ("MEP") and chairman of its economic affairs committee Roberto Gualtieri has issued a report calling for the creation of a single deposit guarantee scheme to protect bank deposits in the EU.
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EU Parliament Accepts Legislative Transparency
March 23, 2016
Following promises of openness in light of the success of anti-EU parties in the 2014 elections, the European Parliament has agreed to new rules aimed at increasing transparency in lawmaking at EU institutions, including through environmental and social impact assessments for legislation.
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CoE Body Seeks Limits to French Constitutional Reforms
March 21, 2016
The Council of Europe's ("CoE") body of constitutional experts, the Venice Commission, has called on French authorities to place limits on proposed constitutional reforms relating to stripping terror suspects of their nationality and declaring a state of emergency in the country.
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