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Of all the nonsense dribbled out by the London-based think-tank claque and their fellow travellers, none is quite as pernicious as the constant discussion on EU regulation, and the supposed effects EU withdrawal might bring, especially in terms of th...

Ten years after the French referendum killed off the Constitutional Treaty, it is right to turn our attention again to the question of how better to govern the Union. The financial crisis has provided an unexpectedly tough stress test for the Treaty...

For those wondering why buses come in threes, the same could be said of CJEU copyright rulings on hyperlinks. 2014 saw the first two rulings with Case C-466/12 Svensson [multiple previous Katposts including here and here]and C-348/13 BestWater [here]...

Con il regolamento per utilizzare il “piano Juncker” si entra a piè pari in un tecnicismo comunitario da capogiro. E trattandosi di un sofisticato meccanismo di attivazione di risorse che non ci sono, si apre davanti a noi quel mon...

The new European Council president's style ruffles a few feathers.

Der griechische Premier wartete, bis Kanzlerin Merkel fertig war. Dann erst gab er seine Pressekonferenz – und stellte den EU-Gipfel als Erfolg dar. Zwar hat er nicht die erhoffte Soforthilfe gegen die drohende Pleite bekommen. Es war auch kein...

Este fin de semana he tenido la gran fortuna de participar como panelista en el “Training weekend” de los Federalistas Europeos en Madrid. En el panel matinal abordamos las enormes posibilidades que ofrece el federalismo, dejando en el ai...

How did the troika come about formally? In 2010 it became apparent that the European constitution offers no clues as to how one should handle financial crises on this scale. So, instead of setting in train the democratic procedures designed to do thi...

Categories: Communication sur l'Europe, Web et EuropeTags: citoyens, communication européenne, lobbying, open-dataLa scène bruxelloise, jadis connue comme l’un des plus grands centres de lobbying va-t-elle dorénavant se fai...

Mario Dragi is from all evidence a skilled navigator, and the European Central Bank that he has come to define has never before been so powerful. At the end of the day though, it will take more than monetary policy to pull Europe out of the doldrums.

In January 2013 I stumbled upon Polish MEPs employing a lot of assistants. One employed 19 people, and two employed 17 each back then. The blog entry about that is here, and it was even covered by Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. Today the issue has...

I’ve just published an article in Business for New Europe’s blog on the simple point of how much UK law is made at European level, and how it has become a political hot potato: Of course, the question can be tricky to answer, be...

  Steve PeersDanish participation in cross-border criminal law measures is symbolised by 'The Bridge', the 'Nordic Noir' series about cross-border cooperation in criminal matters between Denmark and Sweden. But due to the changes in EU law...

Auf der Suche nach dem Ariadnefaden: von den rechtlichen Schwierigkeiten von Grexit und Graccident: Das Verfassungsblog sei dafür gelobt, diese Analyse im Detail gemacht zu haben. Das Ergebnis war aber vorher auch schon bekannt. Es gibt keinen M...

Digital publishers have been placing bets on overseas markets lately. Now, details are emerging about Politico's ambitious effort in Europe.

My foreign wife has a son who's allowed to only live and work in Greece and not the rest of Schengen or the EU. How fair is that for a European Union that claims to be more humanitarian than other blocs and world powers?In effect Greece has been forc...