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Eurostad de nieuwe Randstad…

7 June 2019
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Op 22 mei 2019 verscheen de ‘Atlas voor gemeenten 2019’. De 50 grootste gemeenten van Nederland worden jaarlijks met elkaar vergeleken. Dat kunnen verschillende beleidsterreinen zijn waar lokale, regionale en centrale overheden zich mee bezighouden...
by:
- A.H.H. Bollen
in General Law
Introducing: Commissioner Designate Timmerman’s common-sense test

8 October 2016
In his written answers to the European Parliament as well as orally during the hearing to establish his suitability to become first Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner Designate Frans Timmermans promises to ensure a common-sense test for all future legislation. I offer some legal...
by:
- B. Akkermans
in Law
The ball is back in the FCC´s ´court` [The CJEU´s OMT-decision of 16 June 2015]

23 June 2015

While Europe holds its breath and follows the negotiations between Greece and its partners on the financial assistance, another ´piece in the puzzle` of the European attempts to contain the sovereign debt crisis has prominently featured in the press recently. The Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered...