European Institutions

  • EU Gains Police and Justice Authority

    December 03, 2014

    Under the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty on the EU, the European Commission and the Court of Justice of the EU have recently gained new authority to oversee the police and justice systems of the EU member states and to sanction countries that do not comply with EU justice policy.

  • U.K. Prime Minister Proposes EU Immigration Disincentives

    December 03, 2014

    Following the release of numbers indicating rising levels of immigration to the U.K. from other EU member states, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a set of measures aimed at reducing EU immigration, including a ban on "in-work" social benefits for EU immigrants for four years.

  • EU Panel Seeks Global Application of "Right to Be Forgotten"

    November 26, 2014

    An EU panel of national privacy regulators from across the bloc has called for the Court of Justice of the EU's "right to be forgotten" decision, which ordered Google to take down some of its search engine results upon request by European citizens, to be extended to the company's search domains outside Europe.

  • U.K. Withdraws Complaint Against EU Banking Bonus Cap

    November 26, 2014

    Following the issuance of an opinion from an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") finding the EU's cap on bonuses to banking executives within the competence of Brussels authorities, the British Government has announced the withdrawal of its complaint against the cap from the ECJ.

  • EU Parliament May Encourage Break-up of Google

    November 26, 2014

    The Telegraph reports that Members of the European Parliament will vote on a motion calling for the European Commission to consider breaking up the internet company Google's search engine from other commercial services the company offers in Europe.

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