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Opportunity Cost: Why Brexit is not quite the security and defence moment Brussels has been banking on

Benjamin Martill   Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent claim that NATO was ‘brain-dead’ and that Europe needed to focus on building up …

13th November 2019 cdemowbr

Energy Policy at the crossroads: How Nord Stream 2 is challenging the Internal Energy Market

Francesca Batzella Nord Stream 2 is possibly one of the most debated and controversial topics in energy policy and it has been so since feasibility studies for this project started …

12th November 2018 cdemowbr

Brexit and the Interpretation of Domestic Rights

Niall O’Connor Brexit and Rights Engagement Network It might be thought that Brexit would have very little impact on the interpretation of domestic rights. Surely, post-Brexit, British judges will continue …

23rd July 2018 admin-euro

Enforceability of Workers’ Rights after Brexit

Rebecca Zahn Brexit and Rights Engagement Network In the run-up to the Brexit referendum, workers’ rights were invoked repeatedly by both sides of the campaign, as either a reason to …

23rd July 2018 admin-euro

Brexit and Direct Taxation: A Turning Point for EU Tax Law?

Luca Cerioni LERU Brexit Seminar Brexit has already prompted a number of academic contributions examining the tax implications for the UK, in the areas of both direct taxation (income, profits …

20th December 2017 lewing

Brexit: The Future of Private Antitrust Enforcement in the UK

Francesca Gelmini LERU Brexit Seminar EU antitrust rules, laid down in Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), are directly applicable and …

20th December 2017 lewing

Brexit and EU Competition Law: Managing the Transition

Friso Bostoen LERU Brexit Seminar Following Brexit, competition policy on both sides of the Channel will have to undergo a number of changes. These changes will be most significant in …

19th December 2017 lewing

Brexit and the Role of the European Parliament

Darren Harvey LERU Brexit Seminar The purpose of this piece is to update my recent article in the European Law Review on the role of the European Parliament during the …

19th December 2017 lewing

Brexit and EU Social Policy: Uncertainty for the UK, Opportunities for the EU

Pieter Pecinovsky LERU Brexit Seminar The relationship between the EU and the UK has always been characterised by a troublesome dialogue of ambivalence. This is particularly the case concerning the …

18th December 2017 lewing

The ‘Headscarf Rulings’: Did the Court of Justice Really Ban Headscarves in the Workplace?

Rebecca Zahn The recent EU court rulings on wearing headscarves in the workplace demonstrate the conflict between enabling EU economic freedoms on the other hand and protecting the rights of …

3rd April 2017 lewing

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