The EU Victims Rights Directive: A Milestone or Stepping Stone?
The EU Victims’ Rights Directive has been lauded as a landmark achievement in the protection of victim’s rights, setting minimum standards to harmonize victim support across the member states. But its implementation raises questions about whether it represents a milestone
A Fundamentally Unsound Approach to Fundamental Rights Protection? Where Directive 2019/1 Went Wrong in Empowering National Competition Authorities
There are a number of anticompetitive practices in the European Union (EU), both agreements (Article 101 TFEU) and abuses of dominant positions (Article 102 TFEU). The EU competition law infringements are tackled either by the EU Commission or national competition
Opportunities and Potential Challenges for Developing Countries Under EU Due Diligence Standards
Introduction When it comes into force, the CSDDD may have a massive impact on products exported to the EU. In other words, the measure may impact all the EU imports from least developed countries, estimated to be US$ 76 billion as
Legal Rapprochements and Legal Irritants: Misunderstanding the Common Law–Civil Law Divide
The crisis of international relations and international law, together with the rising anti-EU forces, questions the academic imaginary about the integration of legal systems. This post explains how legal academia articulated such an imaginary, sheds light on some decisive factors
The World Innovates—Europe Regulates: AI Act
Did the EU rush to adopt the first comprehensive AI regulation produce weaker results than anticipated? Is it possible to balance the need for regulation and protection of human rights with the need to compete in the playing field of
Establishing New Norms in the Asian FTA World: the EU as a Leading Global Actor?
The European Union (EU) is increasingly acting as a global normative power, particularly in the context of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Asian countries. This paper examines how trade and sustainable development provisions are applied within these agreements and what
Discriminating Against Democracy? The So-Called “Cordon Sanitaire” and its Implications for European Parliamentary Democracy
The composition of the European Parliament changed significantly with the last European elections. Despite the shift in the political balance of the House, four political groups of the European Parliament agreed to apply the so-called “cordon sanitaire”, a discriminative exclusion
From Expression to Oppression? Discrimination against Christians in the Article 10 Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
Observing the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on the limits of freedom of expression determined by freedom of religion, one can easily observe that these limits are treated differently in relation to various religious groups. This applies
Of Disparagement and Other Demons: Trends in EU Competition Law Enforcement in the Pharmaceutical Sector
Disparagement practices (spreading misleading information to undermine competitors' products) as an anti-competitive practice in the pharmaceutical sector is not a new topic in EU competition law. However, this practice has not been an enforcement priority at the EU level for
Transparency in Action: Access to Information under the Digital Markets Act
Digitalization 4.0 has created a new reality that opens up regulatory gaps in many areas and led to a veritable sprouting of new legal acts at the EU level (think of the recently introduced Artificial Intelligence Act, for example, but also