Blind trust?
May the US President appoint his son in law as advisor to the White House? For quite a lot formal appointments the President needs the advice and consent (permission) from the senate, but not here. Is it permissible?
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The ball is back in the FCC´s ´court` [The CJEU´s OMT-decision of 16 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...
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Member States´ financial contributions to the EU´s budget
The EU´s budget is complicated. It is complex. And it is critically scrutinised by Member States. It has been the source of political debate and disagreement in the past decades and it still is today. Most recently, the issue was high on the agenda. In late 2014, the European Commission claimed supp...
