Advocate General Sharpston: the Court should rule that, by refusing to comply with the provisional and time-limited mechanism for the mandatory relocation of applicants for international protection, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfil their obligations under EU law

Advocate General’s Opinion in Cases C-715/17 Commission v Poland, C-718/17 Commission v Hungary and C-719/17 Commission v Czech Republic 31 october 2019 Advocate General Sharpston: the Court should rule that, by refusing to comply with the provisional and time-limited mechanism for the mandatory relocation of applicants for international protection, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic […]

The European Council, in agreement with the UK, extended the period under art. 50(3) TEU. Il Consiglio europeo d’intesa con il Regno Unito proroga il termine previsto dall’articolo 50, paragrafo 3, TUE

The European Council adopted a decision to extend the period under Article 50(3) in the context of the UK’s intention to withdraw from the EU. The extension is until 31 January 2020 to allow more time for the withdrawal agreement to be ratified. The UK can leave earlier, on 1 December 2019 or 1 January […]

Brexit: the European Commission has today reached an agreement at negotiator level with the UK on a revised Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland and a revised Political Declaration on the framework of the future EU-UK relationship

Brexit: What did you agree with the UK today? In light of the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union, the European Commission has today reached an agreement at negotiator level with the UK on a revised Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland and a revised Political Declaration on the framework of the […]

Arbitrator issues decision in Airbus subsidy dispute

https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news19_e/316arb_e.htm On 2 October, a WTO arbitrator issued its decision on the level of countermeasures the United States may request with respect to the European Union and certain EU member states in “European Communities and Certain member States — Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft” (DS316). “9.2. The United States may therefore request authorization […]