After a marathon meeting, European leaders have agreed a €750bn package to help Europe recover economically from COVID-19. €390bn will be distributed in grants to member states that have been particularly hard hit and a further €360bn will be made available in low interest loans. Leaders also agreed a new seven-year budget which totals €1.074tn.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield (the legal mechanism used to transfer data between the EU and the US) was invalid.
The General Court of the EU has found that Apple does not need to pay €14bn in back taxes to Ireland, but that won’t stop the EU’s fight for tax accountability.
On 11 December 2019, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, hailed “Europe’s man on the moon moment”. She was referring to the European Green Deal. The deal is an unprecedented plan, spearheaded by von der Leyen and her Vice-President Frans Timmermans, to transform the EU’s 27 Member States into a region defined by its sustainable development and low carbon economy. It charts a course for the EU bloc to be carbon neutral by 2050. But for this to happen, a lot will have to change.
The EU’s “New Deal for Consumers” initiative will see fines similar to those imposed by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation Directive (GDPR) on businesses for breaches of consumer law.
The UK is in the process of finding out what Brexit really means. The result of the 2016 EU referendum is being decided by talks between 100 EU negotiators and their 100 British counterparts. What will these negotiators make of Brexit? Where will there be compromises? Who will get the best deal?
On Wednesday 8 April 2020 the UK submitted its application to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention after the Brexit transition period ends on Thursday 3t December 2020.
After a Dutch grandmother refused to remove photos of her grandchild on Facebook and Pinterest, this family dispute became an example of the GDPR in practice when the child’s mother (her daughter) took her to court. But what does this mean for the EU?
The Italian Supreme Court’s recent judgment of a dispute between two Italian cosmetic companies, Kiko and Wycon, is the latest case driven by the landmark Cofemel decision. It expands copyright law in Italy with a ruling protecting store experience as well as store design.
Germany’s constitutional court ruled that the European Central Bank (ECB)’s massive bond-buying scheme will be regarded as illegal, unless the ECB can justify the purchase.