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French president Emanuel Macron has tested positive for coronavirus, according to AFP on Thursday. The Élysée palace said he was tested after showing symptoms. Macron will now self-isolate for seven days, but continue working.

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DFON
Advocate General Hogan : EU Law does not preclude national constitutional provisions under which the executive power or one of its members, such as the Prime Minister, plays a role in the process of the appointment of members of the judiciary

MEPs want future EU policies on returning migrants to safeguard fundamental rights and give priority to voluntary returns.

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MEPs want future EU policies on returning migrants to safeguard fundamental rights and give priority to voluntary returns.

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Climate science and technology are complex topics with a high potential for controversy. But ensuring people adequately understand the climate challenges is an essential element of the global response to the climate crisis. More than ever before, the European Commission...

A.B. and Others (Nomination des juges à la Cour suprême - Recours)
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Tanchev: Polish law introduced in order to exclude the possibility for legal review of the National Council of the Judiciary’s assessment of judicial candidates to the Supreme Court violates EU law

Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Hamburg
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
L’exécution d’un mandat d’arrêt européen délivré aux fins d’exécution d’une peine privative de liberté ne peut être refusée, lorsque la personne concernée a fait obstacle à sa citation en personne et n’a pas comparu en personne au procès en raison de sa fuite vers l’État membre d’exécution, au seul motif que l’État membre d’émission n’a pas assuré que le droit à un nouveau procès de cette personne sera respecté

Syndicat interprofessionnel de défense du fromage Morbier
Agriculture and fisheries
EU law prohibits the reproduction of the shape or appearance of a product protected by a PDO in certain circumstances

A.M. (Étiquetage des produits cosmétiques)
Approximation of laws
Information as to the ‘function’ of a cosmetic product which must appear on the product’s container and its packaging must inform consumers clearly as to that product’s purpose and method of use

CLCV and Others (Dispositif d’invalidation sur moteur diesel)
Environment and consumers
A manufacturer cannot install a defeat device which systematically improves, during approval procedures, the performance of the vehicle emission control system and thus obtain approval of the vehicle

WEG Tevesstraße
Taxation
The supply of heat by a group of residential property owners to its members is subject to VAT

Openbaar Ministerie (Indépendance de l’autorité judiciaire d’émission)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The existence of evidence of systemic or generalised deficiencies concerning judicial independence in Poland or of an increase in those deficiencies does not in itself justify the judicial authorities of the other Member States refusing to execute any European arrest warrant issued by a Polish judicial authority

Current asylum legislation neither ensures fair responsibility sharing among member states nor gives swift access to asylum procedures, to the frustration of MEPs.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Current asylum legislation neither ensures fair responsibility sharing among member states nor gives swift access to asylum procedures, to the frustration of MEPs.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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In a resolution to wrap up Wednesday’s debate on the MFF package, MEPs challenge the EU summit declaration to suspend the Rule of Law mechanism pending ECJ approval.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control

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In a resolution to wrap up Wednesday’s debate on the MFF package, MEPs challenge the EU summit declaration to suspend the Rule of Law mechanism pending ECJ approval.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control

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Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Berlin (Extradition vers l'Ukraine)
DISC
A Union citizen may be extradited to a third State only after consultation with the Member State of which that citizen is a national

Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België and Others
Agriculture and fisheries
In order to promote animal welfare in the context of ritual slaughter, Member States may, without infringing the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, require a reversible stunning procedure which cannot result in the animal’s death

When the coronavirus pandemic surged across Europe in April and hospitals were desperate for ventilators, Poland’s government turned to an unlikely supplier: an arms dealer.

The European Union's flagship fund to wean regions off fossil fuels will not finance natural gas projects, EU governments said on Wednesday (16 December), ending a debate over whether to make the fuel eligible for support.