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Two weeks ago the SPD caught up with the CDU/CSU and they were neck and neck in the polls for the first time since 2017. With less than four weeks to go before Germany's parliamentary elections, the downward trend for the CDU/CSU is continuing. While the SPD under chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz is polling at up to 25 percent, the CDU/CSU is trailing behind at around 21 percent, with the Greens at roughly 18 percent. Europe's press speculates on the consequences of an SPD election victory.

The European Union is ready to help. The European progressive forces stand beside the Lebanese people to facilitate the financial support necessary to relaunch the economy. Are Lebanon’s leaders and politicians ready?

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DFON
Advocate General Bobek proposes a unified test for the protection against double jeopardy (ne bis in idem) under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Commission v Council (Accord avec l’Arménie)
Law governing the institutions
The Court of Justice annuls the decisions of the Council on the application of the Partnership Agreement with Armenia

EPSU v Commission
SOPO
Appeal by EPSU: the Commission is not bound to give effect to the social partners’ request seeking implementation, at EU level, of the agreement that they have concluded

Irish Ferries
Transport
The Court of Justice clarifies a number of provisions of the regulation concerning passengers’ rights when travelling by sea and inland waterway

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Ja zum Nürburgring v Commission
State aid
The Commission must re-examine whether the sale of the Nürburgring in 2014 entailed a grant of State aid

INPS () and de maternité pour les titulaires de permis unique)
Social security for migrant workers
Third-country nationals who hold a single work permit obtained pursuant to the Italian legislation transposing an EU directive are entitled to a childbirth allowance and a maternity allowance as provided for by the Italian legislation

Belgian State (Droit de séjour en cas de violence domestique)
Citizenship of the Union
According to the Court of Justice, a third-country national who has been the victim of acts of domestic violence committed by his or her spouse, who is a Union citizen, is not in a comparable situation to a third-country national who has been the victim of acts of domestic violence committed by his or her spouse, who is also a third-country national

Commission v Portugal (Taxe sur les véhicules)
Taxation
The rules for calculating the registration tax on second-hand vehicles imported into Portugal infringe the principle of the free movement of goods

The need for regulating networks for transporting hydrogen is becoming increasingly urgent, but the legislation needs to be designed in a way to give the market flexibility to overcome the challenges ahead, writes Noé van Hulst.

Fully vaccinated people do not urgently need booster jabs against COVID-19, a key European agency said Wednesday (1 September), but an extra dose for people with depressed immune systems should be considered.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about French teachers and parents worried about kids going back to school, Italy's environment minister saying environmental activists are worse than the climate crisis, and so much more.

In case the EU wishes to become a more reliable security provider and global actor, it needs to avoid past mistakes and develop credible military intervention forces that are able to project stability in our neighbourhood, Slovenia’s defence minister Matej...

Economic patriotism is an extremely necessary and desirable phenomenon but Croatia has been lacking it for three decades – that is one of the messages of a panel discussion held at the 16th convention of Croatian exporters. Professor Marijana Ivanov...

Slovenia’s interior ministry has proposed fines for indecent behaviour towards public officials, raising concerns about the protection of freedom of speech in the country amidst continuing protests against the government. In line with the proposed amendment to the act on...