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CNN: ECB and Germany "Throw a Wall of Money" at the Coronavirus Recession
June 09, 2020
After Germany’s government approved a national €130 billion ($146 billion) stimulus package to kickstart its post-COVID-19 economy, the European Central Bank ("ECB") expressed its intention to expand its EU-wide bond-buying program, with a commitment to buy €1.35 trillion ($1.5 trillion) of bonds.
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UK and EU Differ on Extradition Request Approval Process
June 03, 2020
British and EU negotiators are set to clash over the terms of a new extradition treaty, with the United Kingdom demanding that its judges have greater powers to refuse European Union extradition requests than that provided for under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW).
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EU Commission Proposes Economic Recovery Fund
May 29, 2020
EU Commission President Ursula bon der Leyen is proposing a €750 billion coronavirus economic recovery fund, consisting of borrowed money to be repaid over 30 years, which some critics view as a marked step toward the fiscal and political integration of Europe.
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EU Agency Says ISIS Returnees Should be Charged with War Crimes
May 29, 2020
Genocide Network, a Eurojust-backed agency that investigates core international crimes, says that ISIS fighters returning to Europe from conflicts in Iraq and Syria should be charged with war crimes and genocide.
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Politico: EU Privacy Enforcer Faces Scrutiny
May 27, 2020
According to Politico.eu, European Union ("EU") data protection officials are concerned about the slow start and early restructuring of Ireland's Data Protection Commission, which, due to the presence of Silicon Valley companies' international headquarters in Dublin, is at the vanguard of the enforcement of the EU's tough privacy standards.
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