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The subsidiarity test and dual legitimacy problems on the part of the EU

29 February 2016
We speak of a political dialogue if a National Parliament wants to exchange thoughts with the Commission, or has got objections regarding another substance. From the perspective of the legitimacy of the EU it’s a wonderful thing that National Parliaments exchange thoughts with the Commission and...
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
$Ambtsmisdrijven van ministers en leden van de Staten-Generaal: klikken uit de commissie stieken: vervolging van fractievoorzitters?$

Judges and politics: the familiar game of musical chairs

23 October 2015
Every once in a while it will pop up again as an argument: a judge may not occupy the seat of a legislator (or politician)... This article is only available in Dutch.
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
A Refugee Law Clinic in Maastricht

16 September 2015

After months of news about asylum seekers dying in the Mediterranean Sea, weeks of steadily increasing influx of people from the eastern borders of the EU, and witnessing the temporary exit of Germany from the Schengen agreement last weekend, the Maastricht University Faculty of Law has announced...