Instead, the Court should have fully examined the complaint under Article 3, given the severity of the required medical intervention including involuntary sterilisation; an intervention that is far ...

Beyond concrete political conflicts and institutional constraints, there is a deeper concern about how a constitutional order can be restored after enduring years of authoritarian populism. A recently ...

To serve justice rather than power, values must be legally defined, procedurally constrained, and subject to democratic scrutiny. In pluralistic societies committed to the rule of law, this calls for ...

Looking from T2 only backwards and never forwards to T3 risks creating an ever-receding horizon of state responsibility. If ...

The security rationales for the travel ban – reducing crime and terrorism – are extremely flimsy. Immigrants from the countries in question have extremely low rates of terrorism and much lower crime ...

In the original version of the world-renowned musical film “The Wizard of Oz”, the young protagonist Dorothy sings of her wish to escape her currently troubled world and flee to a better place ...

Nawrocki’s ascent has been facilitated, in no small part, by overt support from Donald Trump and his entourage – an emerging pattern of American right-wing involvement in European electoral politics.

On the one hand, if the wealthy wield political power, they may seek to distort government programs to benefit themselves. On the other hand, they may lobby for drastic cutbacks in the fiscal size and ...

Second, we show that due to this breach, the Hungarian veto does not count, with the result that the decision can be adopted pursuant to Article 238(4) TFEU. This is no empty promise. The Court refers ...

Less than two years ago, in late 2023, when the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) government lost power, a wave of optimism swept through liberal-democratic circles in Poland. The defeat was seen – ...

“For the for foregoing reasons, I am of the view that the Court should find that […], Hungary has infringed Article 2 TEU.’ ‘This negation of values enshrined in Article 2 TEU is the impalpable ...

Seit Tagen polarisiert die Entscheidung des VG Berlin (G 6 L 191/25 u.a. – hier zum Volltext) zur Zurückweisung dreier somalischer Asylsuchender an der deutschen Grenze durch die Bundespolizei. Bundes ...