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

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

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

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

The EU has announced its new industrial policy, moving from being the guardian of open markets with fair and undistorted competition to being the enforcer of common economic objectives. It has been forced to do so by external shocks and

Mario Draghi released his long-awaited report on the EU’s competitiveness on the 9th of September. The report is essentially a wake-up call, stating that if the EU does not take steps to change the direction of its economic policy, the EU

The expansion of the European Union with new countries will bring additional linguistic diversity into the Union. Will the EU be able to retain its unique policy of language equality, at a time when it is inevitable to have some

The European Parliament adopted modifications (Parliament 2024 report) to its Rules of Procedure on the 10th of April, 2024. In previous posts, a more general analysis was made regarding its content on Constitutional Discourse (here, here, and here).  This post

In 1990, at a European Council meeting in Dublin, Ruud Lubbers, the Dutch Prime Minister, who, at the time, presided over the Council, called for more institutionalized relations with the energy-rich economies in Eurasia following their collapse in order to

Every five years, the focus of European public discourse shifts to something reminiscent of political TV series on streaming platforms. People are stepping down, some are bitter with decisions regarding candidate choices, others have scandals, and everyone is curious about