Bruna Barbosa (Master in European Union Law by UMinho)
The outbreak of new conflicts in the vicinity of Europe highlighted its dependence on the United States (US) in terms of security and defence. However, the redefinition of the US geopolitical strategy has resulted in a gradual reduction of its investments in Europe. This is…
Pedro Petiz Viana (Master in Law and Informatics from UMinho / LL.M. in European Law from Leiden University / EU Affairs Advisor in the Portuguese Parliament)
Under Articles 258 and 260(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and in accordance with the principle of sincere cooperation laid down in…
Inês Neves (Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Porto | Researcher at CIJ | Member of the Jean Monnet Module team DigEUCit)
March 2024: a significant month for both women and Artificial Intelligence
In March 2024 we celebrate women. But March was not only the month of women. It was also a…
By the Alessandra Silveira
On inferred personal data and the difficulties of EU law in dealing with this matter
The right not to be subject to automated decisions was considered for the first time before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the recent SCHUFA judgment. Article 22 GDPR (on individual decisions…
Valentina Faggiani (Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at University of Granada)
The trend towards the externalisation of migratory policy has been reaffirmed in the recent Italy–Albania Protocol, whose objective is to institute a new model. This Protocol aims at intervening to overcome a real problem: the systemic crisis of asylum that Italy is suffering.…
Summaries of judgments made in collaboration with the Portuguese judges and référendaire of the General Court (Maria José Costeira, Ricardo Silva Passos and Esperança Mealha)
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber, Extended Composition), 15 November 2023,
Case T-193/22, OT v Council of the European Union
Facts
Following the military aggression perpetrated by…
By the Editorial Team
The Autumn Eurobarometer and the expectations of European citizens
The Eurobarometer is an instrument used by the institutions of the European Union (EU) to find out and assess the state of European public opinion. Strictly speaking, it is a method of collecting public perceptions, like a survey or poll. Naturally, it…
Gonçalo Martins de Matos (Master in Judiciary Law by the University of Minho)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Stanley Kubrick’s political satire black comedy film, completed, in the past Monday, 60 years of age since its release on 29th January 1964. Often considered one of the…
Inês Neves (Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Porto | Researcher at CIJ | Member of the Jean Monnet Module team DigEUCit ) and Rita Ferreira Gomes (Associate at Morais Leitão)
Setting the scene
From 2020 onwards, migration and asylum have been central to both national and European Union (‘EU’) political agendas.…
By Alessandra Silveira (Editor)
An omen for 2024: the deepening of the European Social Union (in memory of Jacques Delors)
According to the Eurobarometer published in December 2023[1] – six months before the 2024 European Elections –, more than one third of EU citizens see the fight against poverty and social exclusion (36%) and…
