Following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU has acquired new competences in a number of policy fields such as international investment policy and tourism policy. The European ...

On 16 May 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued the long-awaited landmark Opinion 2/15 on the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). According to the CJEU, the EU-Singapore ...

The EU has six exclusive competences. In these areas, the EU makes legislation and decisions in these areas on its own. The nation state takes no decisions and does not interfere with the competence ...

It is no surprise to find the CJEU re-asserting a more aggressive approach to armonisation and the division of competences, writes Paul Stanley QC How EU law divides up the power of the union and the ...

Why an EU cybersecurity competence centre? Applications to host the new centre Steps of the procedure to select the new seat Why an EU cybersecurity competence centre? The EU has established the ...

Has the Court’s opinion on the EU Singapore FTA shaped future EU trade agreements and a future EU-UK FTA? The Opinion clarifies the EU competence to conclude trade agreements. The ability of the EU to ...

The European Socialists claim that the EU should consider setting up of a common defence policy incorporated in the Treaties in order to be up to the challenge of the present international crisis and ...

The EU is set to boost the security of the internet and other critical network and information systems by establishing a Cybersecurity Competence Centre to pool investment in cybersecurity research, ...

Trying to keep the Germans close on EU competences is risky for Britain If Britain is to be successful in winning over Germany on EU reform then it needs to understand the country’s federal system, ...

CSA2 risks stretching EU powers into geopolitics, with legal and economic consequences that cannot be ignored, warns Clifford Chance lawyer Michel Petite ...