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The Dutch ‘Troonrede’ (King’s Speech) and the EU

18 September 2015
In today’s (15 september 2015) King’s speech the King said that the government will have as a point of departure for its presidency in 2016 of the Council of Ministers, a Europe which functions better and aims at essentials. Furthermore it will work towards an innovative Europe with a well...
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
The first State of the Union of Juncker

10 September 2015
On September 9th 2015 the president of the Commission, Juncker, adressed for his first time the European Parliament in his State of the Union. This year’s State of the Union was entitled: Time for Honesty, Unity and Solidarity. And the key concepts were: more Europe in the Union, and more Union in...
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
Differential treatment affecting persons associated with Roma people before the CJEU

4 June 2015

The Nikolova case (C-83/14), currently pending before the Court of Justice (CoJ), constitutes an interesting and unique example of a practice alleged to have discriminatory effects on a large group of persons defined by reference to their Roma ethnic origin. The case sheds light on the role that EU...