Such solidarity, however, needs a stable basis. Following the Commission’s plea (para. 50), the Court takes the view that this solidarity requires a link with a Member State society: “the special ...

Commission v Malta, the Grand Chamber held that Malta’s investor citizenship scheme, which grants Maltese nationality in exchange for predetermined payments or investments, was contrary to EU law.

On 4 November 2024, the Tribunal of Rome lodged a request for a preliminary ruling to the ECJ seeking clarification on the powers of MS to designate a third country and countries of origin as safe by ...

The ongoing controversies over methods in EU law reflect a broader rethinking of the discipline, influenced by multiple crises in the European Union. Scholars are questioning traditional conceptions ...

On 11 February 2025, the Commission published its 2025 work programme and revealed the likely withdrawal of the Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive (‘AILD proposal’), citing ...

What are we to make of this conception of citizenship, and its use by the Court to strike down citizenship for investment schemes? Because I am no EU lawyer, I approach these questions from the ...

Make no mistake: the Court hints – for the first time – that EU citizenship bond is not only legal in nature. Citizenship has suddenly become a legal but also some other connection between a person ...

Paragraph 93: ‘Union citizenship is thus one of the principal concrete expressions of the solidarity which forms the very basis of the process of integration’. Note the ‘thus’. EU citizenship is the ...

The steps federal courts could take to ensure Abrego Garcia’s return, the opinion intoned, must exhibit “due regard for the ...

“it is in the nature of political speech to be controversial and often virulent. That does not diminish its public interest, provided of course that it does not cross the line and turn into a call for ...

How resilient is trust? While fundamental principles are once again being violated in Turkey, Germany remains conspicuously ...

Since taking office in January, President Trump has imposed or threatened a steady string of tariffs on seemingly any country that comes to his attention. He has imposed tariffs totaling 145% on ...