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Continue reading →: From EMA to EUCA: Lesson Learned on Seat Selection?, by Jacopo Alberti and Carlo TovoMore Than Choosing a City Choosing the seat of an EU body, office or agency means much more than selecting a city. It affects an entire region, which may benefit from the economic activity generated by the agency – in terms of flights, restaurants and accommodation, but also schools, services…
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Continue reading →: How did we get here? On the CJEU’s limited review of Council’s sanctions practice, by Alexandra HoferJacques Baud, a retired Swiss intelligence official and resident of Brussels, is one of the individuals who has been sanctioned by the EU for his speech acts. His listing falls under the EU sanctions regime that targets ‘Russia’s destabilising activities’, which includes what the EU perceives as FIMI and the…
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Continue reading →: “Regulatory Misalignment” and the Digital Omnibus saga: Quo Vadis?, by Barbara LazarottoComplaints about the lack of cohesion in the EU’s digital acquis long predate the Digital Omnibus itself. In less than a decade, the EU built a dense stack of overlapping regimes, creating a complex regulatory system not only for companies but also for enforcers. In my PhD thesis, I explored…
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Continue reading →: Can the EU sanction individuals for their pro-Kremlin speech?, by Francesca FinelliIn principle, EU sanctions are not directed against individuals merely because they express anti-EU or pro-Russian political opinions. However, since February 2022, designations have increasingly targeted communicative, dissemination, and even artistic activities that the Council characterises as contributing to Russia’s war of aggression, as well as its hybrid warfare against…
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Continue reading →: EU sanctions against media outlets, by Luigi LonardoAs Hillebrandt explains in his blog post, the ‘public sphere’ in Europe – that transnational artefact that EU institutions are willing into existence – is increasingly subject to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). That FIMI matters is clear to everyone: elections results are altered because of it (or anyways…