Economy | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:12:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Economy | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 Energy Policy at the crossroads: How Nord Stream 2 is challenging the Internal Energy Market https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/energy-policy-at-the-crossroads-how-nord-stream-2-is-challenging-the-internal-energy-market/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:12:10 +0000 https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7460 Francesca Batzella Nord Stream 2 is possibly one of the most debated and controversial topics in energy policy and it has been so since feasibility studies for this project started in 2011. According to the European Commission, ‘the Nord Stream 2 project does not contribute to the Energy Union objectives of giving access to new …

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]]> Brexit and the Interpretation of Domestic Rights https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/brexit-and-the-interpretation-of-domestic-rights/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:00:06 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=6991 Niall O’Connor Brexit and Rights Engagement Network It might be thought that Brexit would have very little impact on the interpretation of domestic rights. Surely, post-Brexit, British judges will continue to interpret British law as they always have done? The reality may not be so simple. First, there has long been interaction between courts in …

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]]> Enforceability of Workers’ Rights after Brexit https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/enforceability-of-workers-rights-after-brexit/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:30:55 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=6976 Rebecca Zahn Brexit and Rights Engagement Network In the run-up to the Brexit referendum, workers’ rights were invoked repeatedly by both sides of the campaign, as either a reason to back or oppose a British exit from the EU. Following the referendum, the debate over workers’ rights and their continuing protection once the UK leaves …

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]]> Brexit and Direct Taxation: A Turning Point for EU Tax Law? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/brexit-and-direct-taxation-a-turning-point-for-eu-tax-law/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:30:30 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=5719 Luca Cerioni LERU Brexit Seminar Brexit has already prompted a number of academic contributions examining the tax implications for the UK, in the areas of both direct taxation (income, profits and capital) and indirect taxation (VAT). At the same time, the European Council’s April 2017 Brexit negotiating guidelines state that any future agreement ‘must ensure …

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]]> Brexit: The Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement in the UK https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/brexit-the-future-of-private-antitrust-enforcement-in-the-uk/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:00:40 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=5714 Francesca Gelmini LERU Brexit Seminar EU antitrust rules, laid down in Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), are directly applicable and produce direct effect – namely, they create obligations and rights which national courts have the duty to safeguard. Indeed, the practices forbidden by Articles 101-102 …

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