After the Bundesrat, Germany’s second legislative chamber alongside the Bundestag, also approved the constitutional amendments today, the financial package for defence and infrastructure has been passed before the new Bundestag convenes. This remarkable development affects not only national but also core European issues. For a (French) external perspective, we spoke with Aurore Gaillet, Professor of … Read more
The Ensemble of the Energy Trilemma – or: Europe’s Energy Vulnerability Exposed Ever since European integration began, energy and natural resource governance have been central to policy and legislation. Starting with securing supply, legislation expanded to market regulation and emission reduction throughout the supply chain. The climate crisis and geopolitical conflicts created tensions between these … Read more
EU public procurement law is on the move. Following the announcement in the Political Guidelines of the second Von der Leyen Commission before the summer of 2024, the reform of the public procurement directives (Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU) is now well under way. These long-awaited reforms place this field of law, rooted in the internal … Read more
Matteo Zamboni (human rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of London) Photo: The towers of the Court of Justice in the Luxembourg fog (c) Matteo Zamboni On Tuesday 25 February 2025 I attended the Grand Chamber … Read more
Image created by AI The concept of lawfulness in relation to user status or user acts has been gradually established in EU digital copyright law as a condition for the enjoyment of certain copyright exceptions. However, the concept has proliferated inconsistently, lacking a clear normative content and shape. There is variant terminology: “lawful acquirer of … Read more
