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European Papers is pleased to announce that its Issue No 2 in the Volume 10, 2025 is now available online....
The Vital Interest to Protect Europe: A Change in the International Regime on the Use of Force to Foster European Defence?
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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The UK-France Declaration and the UK-Germany Treaty. – 3. The old doctrine of vital interests. – 4. The overlap with the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty. – 5. Conclusions.
Abstract: The UK-France joint nuclear statement of 10 July 2025 and the Treaty between the...
Democracy Manifest? Ensuring the EU Legislature’s Democratic Legitimacy in the Face of National-Level Autocratisation
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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The challenge of defining minimal democratic standards. – 3. Ensuring the European’s Parliament’s democratic character. – 3.1. Existing rules and jurisprudence. – 3.2. The case for reinterpretation of the Direct Suffrage Act. – 3.3. Operationalising a reinterpretation of the Direct Suffrage Act. – 4. Ensuring...
Inconsistent and Imprecise Explanations: NYT v Commission, Transparency, and the Search for Lost Documents
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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. Background. – 3. Judgment of the General Court. – 3.1. Against a narrow reading of possession. – 3.2. Obligation to provide plausible explanations. – 3.3. Document registration. – 4. Plus ça change. – 4. Conclusion.
Abstract: On May 14, 2025 the Grand Chamber of the...
A Stitch in Time? Mutual Trust as the EU’s Fix-All in Case C-183/23 Commission v Malta
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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The (limited) substance of the judgment in Commission v Malta: what it says about citizenship per se. – 3. The concrete expression of solidarity. – 4. EU citizenship is based on mutual trust. – 4.1. How has mutual trust been applied in the internal market already? – 4.2. How could mutual trust impact upon Union...