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Poland

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The rulers [in Poland] do not behave as if they were meaningful constrained by law; whenever it does not suit their political purposes, they simply amend it. This is not a rule of law, this is rule by law.

22/11/2018

Europe News

Chalk and cheese

The taste of a food product cannot be copyrighted, the EU's top court has ruled. It comes after a Dutch cheese manufacturer Heksenkaas filed the claim against a competitor.

13/11/2018

Europe News

Top EU court rules to keep details of MEP expenses secret

On top of their salaries, MEPs are awarded a monthly “general expenditure allowance” of up to €4,416 to fund their constituency offices.

25/09/2018

Europe News

'Mutagenesis' plant breeding technique comes under GMO rules

Europe's top court decision is blow for biotech industry and a victory for environmental campaigners

25/07/2018

Malta

EU court rules Malta's 'barbaric' finch trapping is illegal

EU court rules Malta's 'barbaric' finch trapping is illegal

21/06/2018

Romania

Gay Romanian-American couple win EU residency rights

European Court of Justice rules that the couple is entitled to the same rights as other married couples in the EU.

05/06/2018

Belgium

Crackdown on Europe's polluters

The European Commission is taking Britain, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Romania to the European Court of Justice for failing to respect air quality limits.

17/05/2018

United Kingdom

ECJ ruling boosts Europe's 'most vulnerable migrants'

Europe’s most vulnerable migrants were boosted by a ruling that gives greater protection to those who have been tortured, according to an expert.

24/04/2018

Poland

ECJ rules Polish logging breaks EU environmental laws

The court said large-scale logging in the Bialowieska forest is endangering many species of birds and insects

17/04/2018

Poland

Polluting Poland told to put its people before the coal industry

The European Court of Justice has formally ruled Poland is breaching air pollution limits, opening the door to a possible fine if it doesn’t tackle the deadly problem.

22/02/2018

Netherlands

Brits in the Netherlands win bid to take EU citizenship case to ECJ

The Amsterdam court agreed to refer their case about exactly what defines EU citizenship to the European Court of Justice.

07/02/2018

France

ECJ rules 'sexuality tests cannot constitute basis for refusal of asyl

The European Court of Justice barred the "sexuality tests" from being used as grounds to reject an asylum application.

25/01/2018

Romania

The gay couple that could change EU free movement rights forever

For most married couples in Europe, their union is legally recognised throughout the continent. But others, like Adrian Coman and Clai Hamilton, have spent six years trying to get the same privilege.

11/01/2018

World News

Europe's top court rules Sharia divorce 'not in the scope' of EU laws

The ruling followed a divorce case by Syrian-German couple who divorced under Sharia law in Syria on October 2013. This is the court's first ruling on the subject.

20/12/2017

Europe News

EU plans migrant quota legal challenge

07/12/2017

Poland

Poland facing huge fines over ancient forest logging

The Bialowieza forest includes one of the largest surviving parts of the primeval forest that covered the European plain 10,000 years ago.

21/11/2017

Poland

ECJ decision on Bialowieza logging 'welcomed'

ECJ ban on logging in Europe's oldest forest 'welcomed' by conservationists.

21/11/2017

United Kingdom

Alarm over rise in UK deportations of EU citizens

The European Commission says it's looking into the issue.

31/10/2017

World News

It's official: card game bridge is not a sport

The European Court of Justice ruled that sitting around playing cards is not a physical activity.

26/10/2017

United Kingdom

Is it too late to stop Brexit?

Could the British government's decision to trigger Article 50 be reversed?

09/10/2017