Now playing Next Europe News Hungary breaking EU law over foreign-funded NGO crackdown, says ECJ The restrictions placed on NGO funding was seen as targeting billionaire philanthropist George Soros. 18/06/2020
Now playing Next Europe News PIP breast implants: Only French victims can claim damages, rules ECJ PIP sold an estimated one million faulty breast implants in 65 countries around the world. 11/06/2020
Now playing Next Portugal Unruly passengers 'could exempt airlines from paying compensation' "The unruly behaviour of an air passenger may constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ capable of exempting the carrier from its obligation to pay compensation for the cancellation or long delay of the flight concerned," the court said. 11/06/2020
Now playing Next Hungary Euroviews. Don’t be fooled by its sudden compliance. Hungary is helping to unravel the EU’s legal order ǀ View The Hungarian government’s decision to comply with the Luxembourg court’s judgement makes perfect sense in the illiberal calculus of strategically resetting the terms of EU membership. 28/05/2020
Now playing Next Germany Euroviews. The German Constitutional Court struck a blow to EU integration. This is how we can save it ǀ View In a single decision, the German Constitutional Court struck two blows at the heart of European integration: its common currency and the primacy of EU law. The next weeks will tell us whether it will lead to disintegration or further integration. 20/05/2020
Now playing Next Germany Euroviews. Germany’s Constitutional Court has gone nuclear. What happens next will shape the EU’s future ǀ View The BVerfG has blown up more than 60 years of loyal dialogue with Luxembourg and has profoundly eroded the authority of the EU’s highest jurisdiction. This comes at a particularly sensitive time. 15/05/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Hungary 'won't accept ECJ ruling' on migrant transit zones. It relates to the case of four migrants from Afghanistan and Iran, who had their applications rejected by Hungarian authorities. 14/05/2020
Now playing Next Europe News EU to evaluate possible infringement proceedings against Germany Government bond-buying is at the centre of a complex legal row, bringing national and federal justice into the spotlight. 08/05/2020
Now playing Next Poland Poland's all-postal election 'undermines democracy', warns HRW Poland's government has moved ahead with plans to hold the presidential election on May 10 via a new mail-in system. Human Rights Watch says the moved would not deliver "free, and fair" elections. 28/04/2020
Now playing Next world news Ryanair ruling: ECJ warns airlines against VAT add-ons, taxes and fees The decision comes at the end of an almost decade-long battle between budget carrier Ryanair and the Italian Competition and Market Authority 23/04/2020
Now playing Next Luxembourg Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic guilty of rejecting refugees - ECJ Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic breached EU law by failing to take in refugees, rules European Court of Justice 02/04/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Michal Šimečka: Inability to solve the EU’s rule of law crisis will lead to disintegration ǀ View If the EU wants to survive as a meaningful organisation delivering for all of its citizens, it will have to step up its response to the ongoing rule of law crisis. 16/03/2020
Now playing Next Luxembourg Google takes appeal against €2.4bn fine to European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice is hearing Google's appeal over a 2017 sanction for anti-competitive behaviour. 14/02/2020
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. The broken airline delay compensation scheme needs fixing to benefit airlines and passengers ǀ View The EU passenger compensation scheme is broken. The mechanics of the program are not working today for airlines or passengers. That is because there is no uniform arbiter for when passengers are due compensation, and no streamlined process for either passengers or airlines to settle up. 13/02/2020
Now playing Next Hungary Hungary’s rules for foreign-funded NGOs unlawful, says top EU advisor He said the rules were disproportionate and unjustified. 14/01/2020
Now playing Next Spain Euroviews. Oriol Junqueras’ trial shows the healthy functioning of Spanish law and democracy ǀ View Legitimate debate is completely different from destructive propaganda, the gratuitous bashing of the Spanish judiciary or the propagation of conspiracy theories. Let’s discuss everything, including legal or constitutional changes. But in the meantime, we democrats must abide by the law as it is. 14/01/2020
Now playing Next Spain Euroviews. Oriol Junqueras is Europe and it has spoken with a loud voice: Spain must respect democracy ǀ View More than two years ago, Oriol Junqueras was the legal, legitimate and elected vice president of Catalonia, contributing decisively to calling a referendum of self-determination. Now, he could also be remembered as a key shaper of Europe. 09/01/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Junqueras immunity: European Parliament President calls on Spanish authorities to comply ruling Oriol Junqueras, former Vice President of Catalonia, became a Member of the European Parliament as soon as he was elected – so says the EU's top court in Luxembourg. That means he enjoyed parliamentary immunity from that moment on, even if he was in pre-trial detention. 19/12/2019
Now playing Next Spain EU court rules Catalan separatist had immunity when jailed The pro-independence Esquerra Republicana party, which Oriol Junqueras leads, called for his "immediate release" from jailed. 19/12/2019
Now playing Next Poland Euroviews. Time is fast running out for judicial independence in PiS-ruled Poland ǀ View The new proposed bill tries to put a definitive end to the activities of an abundant number of Polish judges to uphold the rule of law. The attack against judicial independence, then, takes a further step forward. 17/12/2019