European Union

Valcheva
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Szpunar proposes that the Court of Justice rules that in matters of parental responsibility rights of access include the rights of access of grandparents

Infineon Technologies v Commission
Competition
In the context of the cartel in the smart card chip market, Advocate General Wathelet proposes that the Court should set aside the judgment handed down by the General Court against Infineon Technologies and refer the case back to the General Court

PPC Power
Environment and consumers
EU law precludes a Slovak tax on the value of sold or unused greenhouse gas emission allowances at a rate of 80%

Swedish Match
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe proposes that the Court hold that the prohibition on the placing on the market of snus is valid

A and S
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
An unaccompanied minor who attains the age of majority during the asylum procedure retains their right to family unification

On 11 April 2018, EU ambassadors approved the compromise text negotiated with the European Parliament on the revision of the posting of workers directive.

President Donald Tusk accepted the Honorary Lifetime Membership of the University College Dublin Law Society.

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President Tusk congratulated Viktor Orbán on the result of the election in Hungary and his renewed term as Prime Minister.

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Three days after the general election in Hungary Europe's press is still preoccupied with the landslide victory of the right-wing national Fidesz party. It discusses whether Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's model is viable and asks whether Western Europe has misjudged developments in Hungary.

The US, France and Britain hope to decide on a joint reaction to the presumed chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime in eastern Ghouta within the next few days. Russia has said rebels staged the attack in which according to the aid organisation White Helmets 42 people were killed. Commentators discuss the credibility of the West's threats and Assad's future.