What US Judges Can Learn From the German Experience The Trump administration is engaged in a battle over the “mode of rule” of the American society. During his presidential campaign, in March 2023, Donald Trump announced a 10-point plan to dismantle the “deep state”. According to the Claremont Institute, a think tank that works “to … Read more
Antje Kunst* * Antje Kunst is an international lawyer and barrister of Garden Court North Chambers, admitted to the Bar of England and Wales, and the Bar of Berlin, advising and representing individuals in a wide range of matters related to fundamental rights within the CFSP and other fields. She has appeared in numerous cases … Read more
The extent and limits to the Commission’s duty to assess the compatibility of State aid measures with other rules of EU internal market law, and public procurement rules in particular, continues to heat up (see earlier comment here). According to the Court’s press release, today’s Opinion of AG Medina in Austria v Commission (Centrale nucléaire … Read more
The Court of Justice has been recently presented with some cases where a State aid measure was argued to have (not) infringed EU internal market law and should thus (not) have been authorised by the European Commission. These cases raise the common issue of the Commission’s duty to assess proposed State aid measures for compliance … Read more
When the government announced a rise in the stamp duty surcharge for landlords and second-home buyers, many predicted a mass exodus of buy-to-let investors. Cue dramatic headlines forecasting doom for the UK housing market and a bleak future for tenants searching for affordable rental homes. But has this actually happened? Not quite. Despite a hefty … Read more
