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The Dutch ‘Troonrede’ (King’s Speech) and the EU

18 September 2015
In today’s (15 september 2015) King’s speech the King said that the government will have as a point of departure for its presidency in 2016 of the Council of Ministers, a Europe which functions better and aims at essentials. Furthermore it will work towards an innovative Europe with a well...
by:
- A.W. Heringa
in Law
Differential treatment affecting persons associated with Roma people before the CJEU

4 June 2015

The Nikolova case (C-83/14), currently pending before the Court of Justice (CoJ), constitutes an interesting and unique example of a practice alleged to have discriminatory effects on a large group of persons defined by reference to their Roma ethnic origin. The case sheds light on the role that EU...