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European Papers is pleased to announce that its Issue No 3 in the Volume 2, 2017 is now available online....
L’Union européenne et la question du Sahara: entre la reconnaissance de la souveraineté du Maroc et les errements de la justice européenne
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. La reconnaissance par l’Union européenne de la souveraineté du Maroc sur le Sahara. – II.1. La reconnaissance par l’Union européenne de la souveraineté du Maroc sur le Sahara à travers une série d’accords internationaux, dont l’accord de partenariat. – II.2. La reconnaissance par l’Union européenne de la...
A European Court of Human Rights’ Systematization of Principles Applicable to Expulsion Cases
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. General principles and their application. – II.1. The assessment of the risk. – II.2. Principles of the benefit of the doubt and the burden of proof. – II.3. Targeted group and inability to protect. – III. Concluding remarks.
Abstract: The European
...Front Polisario: A Step Forward in Judicial Review of International Agreements by the Court of Justice?
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Table of Contents: Preliminary remarks: judicial review of international agreements between self-restraint and judicial activism. – II. The decision of the General Court in Front Polisario and the procedural approach. – III. The substantive approach in the decision of the Court of Justice in Front Polisario. – IV....
Front Polisario and the Exploitation of Natural Resources by the Administrative Power
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Table of Contents: I. The EU judiciary faced with the exploitation of natural resources in Western Sahara. – II. Administrative powers and the exploitation of natural resources in non-self-governing territories. – III. “Grey areas” and unsettled issues. – IV. Of the uncertainty principle and of Voelkerrecthsfreundlichkeit...
“Self-determination at the European Courts: The Front Polisario Case” or “The Unintended Awakening of a Giant”
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Some factual elements of the Western Sahara dispute. – III. The Association Agreement and the proceeding before the General Court in the Case T-512/12. – IV. The Court of Justice judgment of 21 December 2016. – V. The right to self-determination and the Front Polisario case. – VI....
Foreword
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In an earlier issue, European Papers hosted a comment by Eva Kassoti on the Court of Justice’s decision in case C-104/16 P, Council of the European Union v. Front Polisario.
The comment has triggered a number of reactions, some of which requesting that the critical points it made be counterbalanced by different views. Aware of the...
Integration in European Defence: Some Legal Considerations
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Reasons for the inclusion of EDU provisions in the Lisbon Treaty and their rationale. – III. Legal considerations. – III.1. The options. – III.2. Establishment of Permanent Structured Cooperation. – III.3. Functioning. – III.4. Purpose. – III.5. Funding. – IV. Conclusion.
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Explaining the EU’s Legal Obligation for Democracy Promotion: The Case of the EU-Turkey Relationship
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The “democracy” in EU democracy promotion. – III. The EU-Turkey relationship. – IV. Analysing democracy promotion in the EU-Turkey relationship. – IV.1. Positive/express democracy promotion. – IV.2. Negative/express democracy promotion. – IV.3. Positive/implied democracy promotion. – IV.4. Negative/implied...
Exercises in Legal Acrobatics: The Brexit Transitional Arrangements
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Art. 50 TEU: does it provide for a transitional arrangement? – III. Art. 50 TEU as a transition. – IV. Tailor-made transitional arrangement. – IV.1. Introduction. – IV.2. Where to regulate a transitional arrangement? – IV.3. Institutional and substantive aspects of a tailor-made transitional arrangement. – V...
The Recurrent Crisis of the European Union’s Common Commercial Policy: Opinion 2/15
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The Opinion of the Court. – III. Analysis of Opinion 2/15. – IV. Concluding remarks.
Abstract: Opinion 2/15 (Court of Justice, opinion of 16 May 2017) represents just the latest example of the persistent crisis that affects the CCP. The EU’s CCP has...
Opinion 2/15: Sustainable Is the New Trade. Rethinking Coherence for the New Common Commercial Policy
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction: objectives v. policies, a new balance for coherence. – II. General v. policy-linked objectives: into the logics of constructive interpretation. – III. The new policy stretch: “effects” and “special link” reloaded. – IV. Objectives v. competences: material coherence without substance....
Opinion 1/15: The Court of Justice Meets PNR Data (Again!)
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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Legal and factual background. – III. Opinion of AG Mengozzi. – IV. Opinion of the Court of Justice. – V. Analysis. – VI. Conclusion.
Abstract: This Overview considers Opinion 1/15 of 26 July 2017 of the Court of Justice on the EU-Canada...
Winter Is Coming. The Polish Woodworm Games
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The political developments in Poland, which took place in course of the past two years, have brought very chilling eastern winds to Brussels. In a relatively short period of time, one of the success stories of economic (and seemingly of political) transformation and the EU enlargement policy has become a pariah and a tough cookie to crack for the many across Europe. The...
European Forum (European Papers, Vol. 2, 2017, No 3)
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InsightsLuigi Daniele, Il seguito del caso Taricco: l’Avvocato generale Bot non apre al dialogo tra Corti
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Conference "The future of differentiated integration in the EU" (12 january 2018) – Institute for European Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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...The Annual Event of the Institute of European Law "The future of differentiated integration in the EU" will take place at KU Leuven on 12 January 2018.
