Tag: Legal policy
ECJ condemns Poland to pay fine
Flags of the EU and Poland The financial sanctions against Poland were requested on September 9th by the EU commission responsible for monitoring the rule of law in the EU.…
Millions in compensation for Helmut Kohl’s widow?
Berlin It was the highest compensation in German legal history to date: shortly before his death, former Chancellor Helmut Kohl obtained monetary compensation for a particularly serious violation of general…
Coalition Negotiations: How Good Laws Are Made
That is at least suggested by the findings of a group of digital and transformation experts who have analyzed current legislative processes over the past four months under the patronage…
How politics fails in the fight against tax tricks
Tax office Politics and administration should have taken on the new tax trick much earlier. (Photo: dpa) Cologne It’s that time again: a tax scandal outraged the republic. Numerous high-earning…
How politics fails in the fight against tax tricks
Tax office Politics and administration should have taken on the new tax trick much earlier. (Photo: dpa) Cologne It’s that time again: a tax scandal outraged the republic. Numerous high-earning…
Poland: The EU cannot help but punish
Pro-EU demonstration in Warsaw Many Poles also disagree with their government’s course. (Photo: AP) Brussels The mothers and fathers of the EU treaties expected a case like Poland. There are…
How Poland and the EU are approaching escalation
Berlin, Brussels Chaos, lawless spaces and anarchy threaten Poland if the country submits to the rules of the EU – at least that’s what Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says.…
According to a court ruling, Poland is threatened with sanctions by von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen In the debate about the judgment of the Polish Constitutional Court, the EU Commission President announced consequences for the country. (Photo: dpa) Strasbourg In the dispute…
According to a court ruling, Poland is threatened with sanctions by von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen In the debate about the judgment of the Polish Constitutional Court, the EU Commission President announced consequences for the country. (Photo: dpa) Strasbourg EU Commission President…
Extensive obligation to renovate scrap real estate
Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe The court approved a limited liability company that owns three floors of a dilapidated parking garage in Augsburg (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The dispute between…
The role of the Federal Constitutional Court in Polish judgments
I still remember my shock in the early 1990s when a colleague at the London newspaper “The Times” told me that the Eurosceptics were winning the argument. Until then, I…
EU Commission wants to punish Hungary for corruption and dismantling the rule of law
Viktor Orban and Ursula von der Leyen EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen indicated the move weeks ago, but did not give any details. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels After years…
Why only the people can stop the Polexit
Poland against EU law People protest in front of the Polish Constitutional Court. According to a ruling by the Polish Constitutional Court, parts of EU law are incompatible with the…
Doubts about the rule of law: Polish Constitutional Court: EU laws collide with constitution
Seat of the Constitutional Court in Poland The judges have ruled that EU law does not in principle take precedence over national law. (Photo: AP) Warsaw The Polish Constitutional Court…
The initiative is preparing for a legal dispute
Frankfurt The Berlin initiative “Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co.” is expecting a legal dispute over the controversial vote for the association of apartments of large real estate groups. “In the…
Hans-Jürgen Papier and Udo Di Fabio: Pandemic as an endurance test
Berlin Mask requirement, curfews, schools, shops and border closings – in the pandemic, politics imposed restrictions on freedom that hardly anyone would have thought possible before. The result: an unprecedented…
EU Advocate General: VW thermal windows violate EU law
Diesel proceedings against Volkswagen The judges at the ECJ often follow the line of argument of the Advocate General, but are not bound by it. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Advocate…
Poland fears rupture with the EU and is delaying a court decision
Flags of the EU and Poland The judicial reform in Poland has also divided the population there. (Photo: dpa) Vienna Poland is evidently reluctant to let the constitutional conflict with…
Verdict on the lignite mine in Turow: Coal is becoming a problem
Turow coal-fired power station There is also a dispute between Poland and the Czech Republic about the power plant. (Photo: Reuters) The open-cast lignite mine and the associated Turow power…
Turow lignite area: Poland has to pay a fine
Luxembourg In the dispute over the Turow lignite mining on the border with Saxony, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has sentenced Poland to a fine. Despite an interim ECJ…