Cleo Davies, PhD candidate in Politics at Edinburgh University. The Single Market in financial services, just like any trade regime, is governed by a set of rules and standards. After forty years of membership of the EU, the financial services trade regime inextricably links the UK and the EU. And as in many other areas, …
The EU’s New Leadership: Imperative to Overcome Europe’s Uncertain Politics
Anthony Salamone Since the European Parliament elections in May, attention in Brussels has focused on determining the leadership of the EU institutions for the new institutional cycle (2019-2024). On 2 July, following three days of summitry, EU leaders announced their selections for four EU top posts – the Presidents of the European Commission, European Council, …
EU and Regions relationships between challenges, reactions and initiatives: what’s next?
Gabriella Saputelli of ISSiRFA, Rome was our very first JMCE Fellow at the University of Edinburgh’s Law School, spending a week here in mid-October 2019. This is her blog, written during her visit to Scotland. The European sub-national context is complex and varied, with numerous Regions and local governments differently involved in the application of …
Brexit and the future of the Unions
This blog post is the full text of Sir Jonathan Faull’s lecture in the University of Edinburgh’s prestigious Montague Burton Lecture Series. The lecture was delivered on 16th September 2019, entitled ‘Brexit and the future of the Unions’ I am here today thanks to John Peterson[1], a distinguished professor in this University, a fine scholar …
Resolving Norm Conflicts in EU Law
Emily Hancox – Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute Usually, within a legal order there are certain tools for resolving conflicts between legal norms. Most well-known are the principle of lex superior (granting priority to the higher-ranking norm), the principle of lex specialis (granting priority to the more specific norm) and the principle of lex …
The Establishment of the Entry/Exit System by Regulation (EU) 2017/2226: What can it do for you?
Tamara Fischer, LLM Candidate in General Law, The University of Edinburgh Winning entry for the EU Immigration Law Prize 2018/19 In times of crisis one can count on the hyperactivity of the EU legislator. A prominent example is given by the recently approved Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 establishing the EES at the EU’s external borders which …
The Regulation establishing an Entry/Exit System: a legitimate interference with data protection rights?
Tiffany Guggenbühl, LLM Candidate in Human Rights Law, The University of Edinburgh Winning entry for the EU Immigration Law Prize 2018/19 Introduction External border control and internal security in the European Union (EU) have become two sides of the same coin. Controlling immigration is increasingly used for security purposes while security and crime governance methods …
Fisheries-related questions about the ECJ’s judgments in the Western Sahara saga
Mihail Vatsov, University of Edinburgh, School of Law. The EU has found itself in the middle of the next major international law saga after Kadi. This is the Western Sahara saga. It relates to the applicability and legality of agreements between the EU and Morocco with respect to Western Sahara. As with any other occupied …