They allow Member States to subject applicants who are nationals of – or, in the case of stateless persons, were formerly habitually resident in – designated safe countries of origin to an exceptional ...

The first condition (para. 57 of the Opinion) is that the claimant presented prima facie evidence to support their allegations. If the claimant’s account lacks consistency, coherence, or credibility, ...

This ruling offers an excellent illustration of the Court’s flawed understanding of the role of humor and satire in the protection of free speech. The ECtHR’s doctrine on this matter suggests that ...

Only a vigilant democracy can be a resilient democracy. The public also deserves to know why the publication occurred at this ...

Article 14 (2) of the Dutch Nationality Act (in Dutch: Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap) allows for the revocation of Dutch nationality of those who are convicted of terrorism-related crimes. However, ...

The ongoing controversies over methods in EU law reflect a broader rethinking of the discipline, influenced by multiple crises in the European Union. Scholars are questioning traditional conceptions ...

Make no mistake: the Court hints – for the first time – that EU citizenship bond is not only legal in nature. Citizenship has suddenly become a legal but also some other connection between a person ...

Such solidarity, however, needs a stable basis. Following the Commission’s plea (para. 50), the Court takes the view that this solidarity requires a link with a Member State society: “the special ...

Paragraph 93: ‘Union citizenship is thus one of the principal concrete expressions of the solidarity which forms the very basis of the process of integration’. Note the ‘thus’. EU citizenship is the ...

What are we to make of this conception of citizenship, and its use by the Court to strike down citizenship for investment schemes? Because I am no EU lawyer, I approach these questions from the ...

On 4 November 2024, the Tribunal of Rome lodged a request for a preliminary ruling to the ECJ seeking clarification on the powers of MS to designate a third country and countries of origin as safe by ...

“it is in the nature of political speech to be controversial and often virulent. That does not diminish its public interest, provided of course that it does not cross the line and turn into a call for ...