European Union

SEDE is organizing a public hearing on 'Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny on EU Defence Affairs' on Tuesday 2nd April, from 14.30 to 16.00, with external experts
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SEDE is organizing a public hearing on 'Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny on EU Defence Affairs' on Tuesday 2nd April, from 14.30 to 16.00, with external experts
Location : Altiero Spinelli Room 3E-2
Further information
Programme
Poster
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Germany v Commission
State aid
The Court of Justice annuls the Commission decision stating that the German law on renewable energy of 2012 (the EEG 2012) involved State aid

Commission v Spain (Article 260, paragraphe 3, TFUE - Crédits immobiliers résidentiels)
Environment and consumers
Advocate General Tanchev: The Court of Justice should find that Spain failed to adopt the necessary laws to comply with the directive on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property

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Plenary session, Strasbourg

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slewo
Environment and consumers
Consumers’ right of withdrawal from online purchases applies to mattresses from which the protective film has been removed after delivery

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SM (Enfant placé sous kafala algérienne)
Citizenship of the Union
A minor in the guardianship of a citizen of the EU under the Algerian kafala system cannot be regarded as a ‘direct descendant’ of that citizen

Spain v Parliament
Staff Regulations of Officials
Differences of treatment based on language are, in principle, not allowed in the procedures for selecting staff for the EU institutions.

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Judicial statistics 2018: the Court of Justice and the General Court establish record productivity with 1,769 cases completed

The Lisbon Treaty increased the European Parliament’s powers over EU trade policy. Ten years after its entry into force it is timely to take stock of how the EP has made use of this leverage in shaping the EU’s trade negotiations. Such an exercise benefits from a comparison with other well-established parliamentary democracies, particularly the key partners with whom the EU has recently negotiated or has started to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement. This study compares parliamentary scrutiny of trade policy in the EU with the United States, Canada and Australia. It concludes that the European Parliament has become powerful and active in trade policy, on a comparable level to the US Congress. Its powers exceed those of other Western democracies, such as Australia and Canada. From the latter the European Parliament may conclude that it is important to codify some of its informal oversight practices, before they may get lost over time again. This may also help to encourage its trading partners to increase their parliamentary involvement during negotiations with the EU. As regards the implementation of trade agreements however, the EU has very few competences in comparison to all other three countries analysed.
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Over a million people marched in London yesterday demanding a new People’s Vote on Brexit. The tide has turned. There is now no doubt that Britain doesn’t want Brexit.

Today Remainers outnumber Leavers. There are no longer 17.4 million Leave supporters.

According to analysis of recent polling, there are now only around 14.8 million Leave supporters compared to around 16.5 million Remain supporters.

Remain has been in the lead in over 60 consecutive national opinion polls since the 2017 general election.

YouGov’s latest polling this month shows that if there is now a new referendum with a choice between remaining in the EU or leaving on the government’s Brexit terms, Remain would win by 61% to 39%.

[Excluding Don’t know, Would Not Vote and Refused AND weighted by likelihood to vote. See page 5]

If those who didn’t vote in the 2016 referendum decide to vote in a new referendum, Remain could gain an extra 4.7 million voters net, according to new research by YouGov.

A petition to revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU has now reached a record 4,899,767 signatures (as of writing – it’s going up at a rate of 545 signatures per minute).

Remember, the majority for Leave in the referendum was just 1.3 million. The margin for Remain in a new referendum could greatly exceed that.

If the government now goes ahead with Brexit, they will be going against the will of the people. Britain doesn’t want Brexit.

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Weekly schedule of President Donald Tusk 25-31 March 2019

The EU is ensuring continuity of train services between the EU (France and Ireland) and the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

At the press conference held at the end of the March European Council meetings, President Tusk presented the results of the discussions on economy, climate change, disinformation, China and Brexit.

The European Council adopted conclusions on jobs, growth and competitiveness, climate change, external relations, as well as securing free and fair elections and fighting disinformation.

The European Council (Article 50) adopted a decision formalising the political agreement reached on 21 March 2019 on extending the period under Article 50.