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This is a first reaction (usual caveats for quick reactions apply…) to yesterday’s decision of the German Constitutional Court on the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Program. This is part of the ECB ...
Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is short. Its title reads “Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens”, its text reads: “Collective expulsion of aliens ...
As COVID-19 spread across the world, the first reported case in Africa was not until 27 February 2020 in Nigeria; six days later the South African National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) ...
In Zeiten der Not ist Kritik, zumal Kritik am Gebrauch von Formen, anfechtbar. Momente wie dieser sind, das ist ohne jede Ironie festzustellen, solche, in denen die politische Gemeinschaft ...
“ […] the Court considers that it was in fact the applicants who placed themselves in jeopardy by participating in the storming of the Melilla border fences ...
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Commentaries to the German Federal Constitutional Court’s unprecedented judgment in Weiss (2 BvR 859/15 and others of 5 May 2020) are likely to focus on the German court’s argument on proportionality ...
“The protection of Hungary’s self-identity and its Christian culture is the duty of all state organizations” says one of the new provisions of the 7 th Amendment that was adopted on 20 June to change ...
Slow and Soft Reaction? People have been perplexed by the slow and soft approach of the Japanese government in their attempt to bring COVID-19 under control. The first case of COVID-19 in Japan was ...
The Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) violates the presumption in favour of freedom of speech. This does not mean that social networks should not be regulated. However, such regulation must not only ...
“Is there a common denominator between shareholders, multinationals, and their suppliers at the other side of the world? Our answer is yes. You may respond that businesses can’t see that far. I ...