This article argues that EU competition policy may be becoming more lenient through social capture. Social capture is a process whereby the social environment of public officials consciously or inadvertently shapes their policy-relevant views in a direction that serves the … [Read more...]

At present, there is great variance in the law and practice concerning the publication of personal data of newly naturalized citizens across the EU Member States, affecting a million individuals annually. Depending on the extent of the personal details made available, publishing … [Read more...]

This paper explores the justifications for and objections to the proposed European Union ‘women on company boards’ Directive. It notes that Member State opposition to the measure had different emphases. Those new, post-socialist Member States which intervened prominently … [Read more...]

The use of Article 7 TEU against Poland and Hungary has shown that the EU is not toothless when Member States openly violate its values. Actually, to resort to this incisive action crowns a long process of equipping the EU with rule of law devices: the EU now owns an arsenal of … [Read more...]

Virtually everyone associates Costa v ENEL with the establishment of the principle of supremacy of European law, yet the story of that lawsuit is still known but to a few. What drove Flaminio Costa to sue his electricity provider over a bill of as little as £1925 (about €22 in … [Read more...]