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FRA Lists Human Rights Criteria for "Safe Countries" List
April 13, 2016
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") has published a list of rights that the EU and its member states must consider, including the right to an "effective remedy" and the right to "non-discrimination," in creating a list of "safe countries" to which they can return asylum seekers.
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EU Warns Austria on Securing Portion of Border
April 12, 2016
The European Commission has expressed concern regarding the Government of Austria's plans to build a fence along a portion of its border with Italy and has asserted that it will have to review whether the plans would prevent free movement in the EU.
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EU Considers Mobile Operator Merger over UK Objection
April 12, 2016
Bloomberg reports that, having lost review of a proposed merger between two telecommunications companies to the European Commission, the UK Competition and Markets Authority is now registering with the Commission its objections to the deal before the supranational regulator makes its decision whether the merger can proceed.
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ECtHR Finds Hungarian Investigation of Racist Insults Insufficient
April 12, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") has held that the Hungarian government violated a woman's right to private and family life by failing to adequately consider certain factors when deciding whether to pursue criminal charges against members of a right-wing organization who engaged in "racially motivated abuse" by insulting and threatening her.
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UK Group Criticizes ECJ Veto over Tax Policies
April 11, 2016
A report from British euroskeptic campaign Vote Leave indicates that the Court of Justice of the EU's ("ECJ") use of jurisdiction over national tax policies, which it says forces governments to return taxes that violate EU law to large corporations, has prompted the UK Government to set aside billions of pounds for potential business tax settlements.
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