Europe News EU's top court holds its first hearing in Irish Historic! It is the first case to be heard in Irish at the European Court of Justice for nearly 50 years. 14/01/2021
Europe News EU countries 'should be able to challenge' big tech firms over privacy Data protection agencies should be allowed to pursue legal action against Facebook and other firms over privacy issues, says the advocate general of the ECJ. 13/01/2021
Europe News Hungary asylum policies 'failed' to fulfill EU obligations, ECJ rules The EU top court said Budapest made it virtually impossible for people to make an asylum claim. 17/12/2020
Hungary ECJ should reject Hungary's bid to dismiss Article 7 vote: Top advisor The bloc's Advocate General, Michal Bobek, said on Thursday that the ECJ should dismiss "as unfounded" Hungary's bid to discredit the EU Parliament's vote that called on the bloc to trigger disciplinary proceedings against Budapest. 03/12/2020
World News Extra maternity leave can be granted exclusively to mothers, ECJ rules The EU's top court said the extra leave had to be linked to pregnancy or birth, otherwise, it risks falling foul of the bloc's gender equality rules. 19/11/2020
Green News Italy 'persistently' broke EU air pollution laws, top court rules "Being forced to breathe dirty air is unacceptable in the 21st century. Now, in the face of COVID-19, we have all been reminded of how important it is to protect respiratory health," said environmental NGO Client Earth. 10/11/2020
Portugal Euroviews. Portugal believes in justice and transparency. Europe does too | View Portugal's Justice Minister Francisca Van Dunem hits back after academics criticised the European Council over the rule of law. 08/10/2020
World News Spies to not access phone data except for serious threats - EU court The European Court of Justice has issued its long-awaited ruling on whether data collection and retention by national governments aligns with EU law. 06/10/2020
Europe News EU court rules against Hungary's Viktor Orban over Soros university Hungary's far-right leader was widely viewed to have passed the law as his latest political attack against Hungarian-American investor George Soros. 06/10/2020
Luxembourg Madeleine McCann suspect loses rape case appeal in EU top court ruling The 43-year-old German national is currently in prison on drug trafficking charges but will be released in January. Prosecutors fear he will vanish if his appeal is upheld. 24/09/2020
Romania Romania: Judicial reforms 'contrary to EU law' — ECJ legal advice This case concerns the Bucharest government's appointment of an interim Chief Judicial Inspector and the creation of a prosecution department with exclusive oversight of judges' offences. 23/09/2020
France EU court confirms validity of French housing law in Airbnb owners case The EU Court of Justice ruled against two Airbnb owners who were fined after repeatedly and without authorisation rent for short periods to a transient clientele. 22/09/2020
World News ECJ invalidates EU-US data transfer agreement over surveillance fears The court stressed that personal data transferred outside the bloc must be "afforded the level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed within the EU." 16/07/2020
Europe News ECJ 'makes it easier' to get compensation for Dieselgate scandal This is seen as a victory for consumers because it is likely easier to sue in one's own country rather than having to do it in Germany. 09/07/2020
Europe News Hungary breaking EU law over foreign-funded NGO crackdown, says ECJ The restrictions placed on NGO funding was seen as targeting billionaire philanthropist George Soros. 18/06/2020
Europe News PIP breast implants: Only French victims can claim damages, rules ECJ PIP sold an estimated one million faulty breast implants in 65 countries around the world. 11/06/2020
Portugal Unruly passengers 'could exempt airlines from paying compensation' "The unruly behaviour of an air passenger may constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ capable of exempting the carrier from its obligation to pay compensation for the cancellation or long delay of the flight concerned," the court said. 11/06/2020
Hungary Euroviews. Don’t be fooled by its sudden compliance. Hungary is helping to unravel the EU’s legal order ǀ View The Hungarian government’s decision to comply with the Luxembourg court’s judgement makes perfect sense in the illiberal calculus of strategically resetting the terms of EU membership. 28/05/2020
Germany Euroviews. The German Constitutional Court struck a blow to EU integration. This is how we can save it ǀ View In a single decision, the German Constitutional Court struck two blows at the heart of European integration: its common currency and the primacy of EU law. The next weeks will tell us whether it will lead to disintegration or further integration. 20/05/2020
Germany Euroviews. Germany’s Constitutional Court has gone nuclear. What happens next will shape the EU’s future ǀ View The BVerfG has blown up more than 60 years of loyal dialogue with Luxembourg and has profoundly eroded the authority of the EU’s highest jurisdiction. This comes at a particularly sensitive time. 15/05/2020