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  • Only 29 years to go - The challenging path towards climate neutrality in 2050

    Dear reader, welcome to the New Year 2021: a year with hopefully many opportunities and a less bizarre reality. However, while coping with Covid-19, there is already a need to take a long-term perspective: how to reach the aim of a climate neutral European Union in the year 2050. That is only 29...

  • Can Aldi sell a dessert called “Champagner Sorbet”?

    Since “Champagne” is a protected designation of origin (PDO) under EU law, it is not self-evident whether a product that is not Champagne but which contains Champagne can use the protected term in its trade name.

    Champagne
  • Judging the state in international trade and investment law

    This book addresses concerns with the international trade and investment dispute settlement systems from a statist perspective, at a time when multilateralism is deeply questioned by the forces of mega-regionalism and political and economic contestation.

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  • The European semester

    On 15 September, the Montesquieu Institute published her 6th policy paper, this time on the European semester... This blog is only available in Dutch.

    Het Europees Semester