Today, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure by sending a Letter of Formal Notice to Poland regarding the new law on the judiciary of 20 December 2019, which entered into force on 14 February 2020. Link Rule_of_Law_Poland
Month: April 2020
ECB takes steps to mitigate impact of possible rating downgrades on collateral availability
ECB to grandfather until September 2021 eligibility of marketable assets used as collateral in Eurosystem credit operations falling below current minimum credit quality requirements Appropriate haircuts will apply for assets that fall below the Eurosystem minimum credit quality requirements Decision reinforces broader package of collateral easing measures adopted by the Governing Council on 7 April […]
The New Grey Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTMRilrgmiI&t=930s The new morphology of power
Un sondaggio di SWG
Secondo un sondaggio di SWG il 54% degli italiani pensa che la globalizzazione stia distruggendo la nostra economia. Il 52% considera la Cina un paese amico, il 32% la Russia. Quasi metà degli italiani (45%) crede invece che i nostri nemici siano i tedeschi, e il 38% i francesi. Abbiamo una brutta notizia per l’opinione […]
OPCW Releases Report concludes units of the Syrian Arab Air Force used chemical weapons in Ltamenah, Syria in March 2017
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – 8 April 2020 – The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released today the findings of the first report by the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT). The IIT is responsible for identifying the perpetrators of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic where the OPCW […]
Decreto sui poteri speciali nei settori strategici
DECRETO-LEGGE 8 aprile 2020, n. 23 Misure urgenti in materia di accesso al credito e di adempimenti fiscali per le imprese, di poteri speciali nei settori strategici, nonche’ interventi in materia di salute e lavoro, di proroga di termini amministrativi e processuali. (20G00043) (GU n.94 del 8-4-2020) decreto-legge n. 23 dell’8 aprile 2020
The Court of Justice of the European Union adapts in order to guarantee the continuity of the European public administration of justice
The Court of Justice of the European Union adapts in order to guarantee the continuity of the European public administration of justice cp200046en
Lettera del Presidente Conte alla Presidente della Commissione europea Ursula von der Leyen
Lettera Lettera del Presidente del Consiglio alla Presidente della Commissione europea
Mitigating unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) following the COVID-19 outbreak
Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the establishment of a European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) following the COVID-19 outbreak support_to_mitigate_unemployment_risks_in_an_emergency_sure_0
UN Adopts Resolution Urging Global Cooperation on COVID-19
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution Thursday recognizing “the unprecedented effects” of the coronavirus pandemic and calling for “intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and defeat” the COVID-19 disease. The assembly did not approve a resolution sponsored by Russia calling for U.N. solidarity in the face of the challenges posed […]
UN Security Council working methods in the midst of Covid 19
UN Security Council working methods in the midst of Covid 19
By refusing to comply with the temporary mechanism for the relocation of applicants for international protection, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfil their obligations under European Union law.
Court of Justice of the European Union Luxembourg, 2 April 2020 Judgment in Joined Cases C-715/17, C-718/17 and C-719/17 Press and Information Commission v Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic cp200040en
art. 15 ECHR activation
Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia, Latvia, Romania, Moldova, Armenia, and Estonia have activated Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
L’epidemia, la crisi economica e lo stallo europeo: l’Unione europea alla prova decisiva della solidarietà
Andrea Fracasso, L’epidemia, la crisi economica e lo stallo europeo.