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ECJ: EU Members Cannot Imprison Illegal Migrants
June 08, 2016
In a case involving France's detention of a Ghanian woman who attempted to cross the border from Belgium after she illegally entered the EU, the Court of Justice of the EU held that member states are not permitted under EU law to imprison illegal migrants solely because they have crossed a border within the passport-free Schengen Area.
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ECJ Official: Employers May Ban Headscarves
June 08, 2016
An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU has opined that, under EU law, companies may institute a general policy on religious symbols that includes banning the wearing of Muslim headscarves at work.
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Poland Considers Challenge to EU Rule of Law Procedure
June 08, 2016
Reuters reports that the leader of the ruling Law and Justice Party in Poland has threatened legal action in the Court of Justice of the EU against the "made-up" procedure the European Commission has launched on Poland's constitutional court standoff under its EU Rule of Law Framework.
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Tusk Warns of Backlash to EU Federalism
June 07, 2016
In a speech in Luxembourg, President of the Council of the EU Donald Tusk warned that some leaders of the EU and member countries had become "obsessed with the idea of instant and total integration" and called for them instead, for now, to solve present-day problems and respect national sovereignty to counter euroskeptic backlash.
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ECtHR: Russian "Insult" Sanction Violated Speech Rights
June 07, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has held that a criminal fine of a Russian newspaper editor for publishing an article complaining of corruption on the part of a mayor violated the editor's right to freedom of expression, as the Russian courts failed to weigh this freedom against the mayor's "right to respect for reputation."
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