Following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU has acquired new competences in a number of policy fields such as international investment policy and tourism policy. The European ...

On 16 May 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued the long-awaited landmark Opinion 2/15 on the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). According to the CJEU, the EU-Singapore ...

It is no surprise to find the CJEU re-asserting a more aggressive approach to armonisation and the division of competences, writes Paul Stanley QC How EU law divides up the power of the union and the ...

The EU has six exclusive competences. In these areas, the EU makes legislation and decisions in these areas on its own. The nation state takes no decisions and does not interfere with the competence ...

Why an EU cybersecurity competence centre? Applications to host the new centre Steps of the procedure to select the new seat Why an EU cybersecurity competence centre? The EU has established the ...

Trying to keep the Germans close on EU competences is risky for Britain If Britain is to be successful in winning over Germany on EU reform then it needs to understand the country’s federal system, ...

A final decision with respect to the location of the new EU Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (“AMLA”) is expected on 22 February 2024, but it’s clear that ...

On Thursday 23 and Friday 24 May, the Convention on the future of Europe will meet for the fourth time in Brussels, to discuss how the EU should carry out its mission, from the perspective of ...

The European Socialists claim that the EU should consider setting up of a common defence policy incorporated in the Treaties in order to be up to the challenge of the present international crisis and ...