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ECHR: No Right in Convention to Same-Sex Marriage
July 23, 2014
The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") has held that the European Convention on Human Rights does not mandate the recognition among acceding countries of same-sex marriages.
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ECJ Ruling Causes U.K. to Seek New Data Retention Law
July 18, 2014
Responding to a ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") invalidating an EU data detention directive that it held interferes with the right to privacy, the U.K. Government is now pushing for a new law that would permit companies to retain personal data for twelve months.
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U.K. Justice Minister Calls ECJ Right to Be Forgotten "Unmanageable"
July 18, 2014
U.K. justice minister Simon Hughes has called it an "unmanageable task" to enforce a judgment by the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") permitting complainants to demand that internet companies such as Google take out some search results related to their personal information.
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Muller: Christian Democracy Is on Decline
July 18, 2014
Jan-Werner Muller has published an article arguing that secularization and disenchantment with the ideal of European integration have caused Christian Democratic parties to decline in favor of nationalist and populist parties.
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German Party Considers Reducing Court Powers over EU Issues
July 14, 2014
EUobserver reports that leaders in Germany's Christian Democratic party are discussing potential national legislation that would limit the authority of the German Constitutional Court over EU affairs.
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