EU and the world

In this class, we will look at the EU as an international actor. We will:

• look at the relevant provisions in the TFEU and TEU to understand who the relevant institutional actors are, and which competence the Union has;
• discuss the relation between…

Reading guide Pringle

For Tuesday’s class, please prepare the CJEU case Pringle (C-370/12). This blogpost is supposed to guide you through the case.

Finding the case and the TEU, TFEU and ESM Treaty

Gun Laws of the European Union.

In their War against Terrorism and Criminality, the European Commission has found a new weapon: “A general ban on semi-automatic weapons, strong regulation of blank-firing weapons, stricter rules for museums and collectors, and a closer exchange of information between…

TTIP and CETA

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is negotiated between the US and the EU; the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been concluded between Canada and the EU. They have caused massive opposition on both sides of the atlantic (even though in the US the TPP…

EU a force for good? Or a force for self interest?

Andrej Dedic and Mariana Mañón

The development and evolution of the European Union (“EU”) has arisen several tensions specially regarding the relationship between the Member States and the Union. The traditional…

The Refugee Saviour Known as the ‘European Union’

Sandra Sichlau, Christine Yurechko & Inez van Soolingen

Introduction

During the summer of 2015, the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ arrived in Europe. In…

Prohibition on menthol cigarettes: Internal market-measure or health protection?

Charlotte Smilde 
Eva Schinkelshoek

Menthol cigarettes
 When you walk into a shop where cigarettes are sold, not only the smell of…

Why legal scholars should not be distressed by Trump!

Since the 8th of November, Trumps’ election became THE TOPIC of any sophisticated discussion, any news review, any comic show or scholars’’ discussion. It seemed like they have all decided that catastrophe had struck.

The rights of same-sex couples and the approach of the ECtHR

Within the European Union the rights of same-sex couples has been a complicated matter. The distinction between same-sex couples and different-sex couples’ rights is still a controversial topic, partly because Member States…

May Turkey access to EU right now?

The negotiations between Turkey and EU on the accession of the former to the latter started in the late 1950’s and still have not been concluded. There are mainly two reasons thereof: economic and politic instability of Turkey on one side, and the changing dynamics of…