Publications

Hungary and Poland are violating core principles of law in the EU and are neglecting the rulings of the European Court of Justice. Former Vice President of the European Commission, Viviane Reding, is giving us her opinion on what the EU can and must do to reinforce the...

Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU are in full swing. A main point of contention involves the freedom of movement of EU citizens. To explore the legal basis and the limitations of this key EU right, we interviewed Federico Fabbrini, professor of European Law at...

38% of the EU´s budget is spent on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Mindful of the enormous challenges of mass migration or the deteriorating security situation in and around the EU, at least a partial redirection of these funds is warranted.

Academics from across Europe came together at Dublin City University to debate Brexit. The conference on “The Law & Politics of Brexit” analysed the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. What are the challenges? What took the experts by surprise? And what...

On 25 March 2017 the European Union celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. With Brexit around the corner and the EU searching for its future strategy, we talk to EU law Professor Federico Fabbrini on the legal challenges ahead.

While experts agree that the current system of EMU must be enhanced little attention has been paid to procedural matters.

The British decision to withdraw from the European Union makes it necessary to renegotiate trade relations between the EU and the United Kingdom from scratch. At the same time the trade agreements that the EU has concluded with non-EU states will no longer apply to the...

The decision of the UK to leave the EU has important constitutional implications

for the EU.

The Polish people have voted in favour of the political change: former prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczyński’s party Law and Justice (PiS) with its front-runner Beata Szydlo turned out strongest in the parliamentary elections on Sunday with almost 38 per cent of votes.

The dramatic negotiations with Greece in the past few months have been a telling reminder of the weaknesses of the euro area. Most of the commentators are of the opinion that if the monetary union is going to be crisis-resistant and stable in the long term, certain very...