No public interest in whether the EU-Turkey refugee deal respects EU Treaties...
By Päivi Leino and Daniel Wyatt Introduction The EU Treaty commits the Union to respect international human rights in both its internal and external action, and to always act as openly as possible....
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Transparency and openness of Union decision-making procedures are foundational values of the EU[1] and essential to a system under the rule of law. But are the existing EU standards of transparency...
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In October last year the Commission presented a proposal to revise the Aarhus Regulation implementing the Aarhus Convention in the EU. Earlier blog posts have discussed the frailties of the...
View Article’In view of the exceptional and unique character’ of the EU-UK Trade and...
Introduction The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Euratom, of the one part, and the UK, of the other, was signed on 30 December 2020 (EU-UK TCA). At the stage of opening the...
View ArticleThe European Commission’s Assessment of EU Withdrawal from the Energy Charter...
Blogpost 41/2022 ‘The polluter is paid!’ – This is how one could summarise the outcome of latest arbitration award under an outdated legal framework protecting investments within the energy sector, the...
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