This post examines the CJEU’s judgment of 26 March 2026 in Case C-412/24, Fauré Le Page, concerning French trade marks containing the expression “Fauré Le Page Paris 1717”. The Court held that a fictitious founding date may make a trade…
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A Victim in One Member State, a Bystander in Another? Case C-24/26 Casotta
On 23 April 2026, the ECJ decided in Case C-24/26 PPU, Casotta, that Directive 2012/29/EU (Victims’ Rights Directive) did not require a victim who had never joined the national proceedings as a civil party, to be informed when the person…
The Manufacturable Employee: What Hortis Misses About Remote Work
The Court of Justice’s July 2026 judgment in Hortis lands squarely on the fault line running through every remote and cross-border hire: does the law that protects a worker follow the place they actually work, or can it be engineered…
One more step in concretizing the value of democracy: Case C 438/24 Erakond Eestimaa Rohelised
Is the imposition of a deposit as a condition for standing as a candidate for the European Parliament (‘EP’) elections compatible with EU law? And if so, under which conditions? These were the questions the European Court of Justice (‘the…
From ‘sustainability and competitiveness’ to ‘sustainability vs competitiveness’: How to simplify the EU legal framework?
Following Mario Draghi’s report on the future of European competitiveness, the EU has begun simplifying its legal framework to reduce administrative burdens on companies, strengthen EU competitiveness and create a more favourable business environment. This process illustrates how the EU…
The missing social dimension of EU Inc.: labour rights at the margins of the 28th regime
This post examines how the European Commission’s proposal for an ‘EU Inc.’, framed as a leap in EU competitiveness, exposes structural gaps in labour‑law safeguards, worker participation regimes and equity‑based remuneration. On top of that, its current regulatory design enables…
The balance between national security and EU public procurement law: the Advocate General’s view
Under European Union law, national security remains one of the areas in which Member States are recognised as having exclusive responsibility. However, this responsibility is not tantamount to unlimited national discretion and does not,…
Has war remained man’s matter? Men’s exclusion from EU temporary protection
In the Iliad, whilst bidding farewell to his wife (Andromache), Hector urges her to go within the house and busy herself with her loom, her distaff and the servants, while he returns to the battlefield of Troy, considering that “war…
Call for submissions – European Law Blogger Prize 2026
Call For Submissions European Law Blogger Prize 2026 The Editorial Board of the European Law Blog is pleased to announce the third edition of the European Law Blogger Prize, which is generously funded by the University of Amsterdam’s Fonds Europa…
Leave us alone, but also let us be opaque: The right to opacity as a conceptual response to law enforcement’s emotional surveillance under EU law
In dystopian fiction, like Orwell’s 1984, thought criminals get punished for thinking against the state. In such unwanted scenarios, a thought is consciously manifested in people’s behaviour (e.g., ideas written in a diary); and that behaviour is observed by humans…