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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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German Commissioner Guenther Oettinger is facing hearings in the European Parliament this week regarding his promotion to the budget and human resources portfolio.
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Published on MLR blogs. Conflicts of interest of high-ranking civil servants that leave their EU post are currently again subject to critical discussion.
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It is often said that courts, when exercising judicial review or settling constitutional conflicts, may enter the political domain and take the seat of parliament or politics as the representative of the people and the body to which governments should be accountable.
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In representative systems are not only about majority decisions, but also about comprimises to find majorities and maintain them. That's something we've seen in the Netherlands over the last couple of years... This blog is only available in Dutch.
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During the period of July to October 2016, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada was up for approval at the National States... This blog is only available in Dutch.
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Is the Wilders trial a political process - like his attorney Geert-Jan Knoops argues? Is it an impossible task for the judge because, like he said, it is in fact about the party programme of the PVV - and therefore encroaches on the political decision-making process?...
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The public-private divide is one of the 21st century’s flat earth theories.
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The Court of Rotterdam convicted Jos van Rey and determined that passive corruption had been proven, but did not issue a sentence... This blog is only available in Dutch.
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On Thursday, 12th May 2016, Dilma Roussef was suspended from her presidential duties, after an in the Brazilian upper house of parliament, the Senate. Deposition Procedures are rare, but are not unusual in many countries. The deposition of Roussef in a comparat