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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Bei der konstituierenden Sitzung des neu gewählten 21. Deutschen Bundestages am 25. März 2025 trug die Abgeordnete Cansin Köktürk (die Linke) ein schwarz-weißes Halstuch um den Hals geknotet. Dabei ha ...

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 ...

Am 22. März 2025 hat der verfassungsändernde Gesetzgeber beschlossen, einen neuen Art. 143h in das Grundgesetz (GG) ...

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 Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the Maltese citizenship by investment violates EU law: ‘A programme of that sort amounts to the commercialization of the granting of the status of ...