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The Robert Schuman Initiative for European Affairs' blog complements and provides comments on research and seminars relating to recent developments in EU Affairs, Law, Policy, Economy, Social Affairs and History.

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Recent posts

02.12.2019 - [Conference announcement] The Internet and the European Market from a historical perspective (with the support of the C2DH | Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History)

29.10.2019 - [Analysis] An agenda for transparency in the EU    by Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Päivi Leino-Sandberg

25.10.2019 - [Summary report] Public lecture by Pr. Dr. Sven Biscop on "European Strategy in the 21st Century"

16.09.2019 - [Summary report] The Benelux, Regional Groupings and the Dynamics of European Integration: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives    by Spero Paraventis

10.09.2019 - [Analysis] Advocate General Bobek on One of us - Legal Clarity vs Political Debate
                     by Jasmin Hiry

29.07.2019 - [Summary report] The 9th Tensions of Europe Conference on 'Decoding Europe - Technological Pasts in the Digital Age', University of Luxembourg, June 2019
                     by Aurélie Lafontaine and Florian Vetter

05.07.2019 - [Event] Invitation to the Conference "Analysing the European Investment Bank", University of Luxembourg, 10-11 July 2019

02.07.2019 - [Summary report] Colloque sur "La surveillance prudentielle du secteur financier: la dimension européenne", Luxembourg, 28 juin 2019 - organisé par l'Observatoire Luxembourgeois de Droit européen, en partenariat avec la Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance

24.06.2019 - [Analysis] The European Citizens' Initiative: Evore more accessible anf ever more influential? Comments on C-420/16 P Izsák and Dabis              by Jasmin Hiry

21.06.2019 - [Event] Round Table on the Opinion 1/17 of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg, 21 June 2019

17.06.2019 - [Event] Invitation to the 9th edition of the Tensions of Europe Conference: "Decoding Europe: Technological Pasts in the Digital Age", Luxembourg, 28 June 2019

10.06.2019 - [Event] Invitation to the lecture given by Judge Gratsias on the Restrictive measures adopted under the CFSP: certain aspects of the case-law of the General Court, Luxembourg, 17 June 2019

01.06.2019 - [Event] Invitation to the public lecture given by Sven Biscop on the European Strategy in the 21st century, Luxembourg, 24 June 2019

31.05.2019 - [Summary report] Pierre Werner and Luxembourg: a vision for Europe, Sibiu, 24 May 2019

24.04.2019 - [Analysis] Transparency in the early stages of the EU decision-making process. Secrecy at the cost of democratic participation, or transparency at the cost of efficiency? Comments on T-540/15 De Capitani and C-15/16P ClientEarth
                      by Jasmin Hiry

21.01.2019 - [Event] Lecture given by Anders Neergaard (European Parliament) on ‘Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Autonomy and Values of the European Union – Threats or Opportunities’, University of Luxembourg, January 2019

18.12.2018 - [Analysis] Utilization of Scenarios in European Union Electricity Policy: The Ten-Year Network Development Plan
                      by Alexander Scheibe

13.12.2018 - [Event] Lecture given by Pr. Joanna Jemielniak on ‘Judicialization of Investor-State Dispute Resolution: Competing Models of Legal Globalization’, University of Luxembourg, Dec. 2018

25.10.2018 - [Analysis] The Difficult Construction of a European Deposit Insurance Scheme: A Step too far in Banking Union?
                      by Pr. David Howarth and Pr. Lucia Quaglia

15.10.2018 - [Summary Report] Seminar on "Brexit and Finance" with Dr. Scott James and Pr. David Howarth (University of Luxembourg, 12 October 2018)   by Dr. Scott James and Pr. David Howarth

27.06.2018 -  [Analysis] Does the end justify the means? Reflections on the Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses Judgment (C-64/16)
                      by Pierre-Emmanuel Pignarre

07.02.2018 - [Analysis] Dear consumers! The possibilities for collective redress in the EU still not attuned to the digital world disputes. Comments on Case C 498/16 Maximilian Schrems v Facebook Ireland Limited
                      by Simona Demkova

08.01.2018 - [Analysis] Brexit Seen from Luxembourg
                      by Anna-Lena Högenauer

07.11.2017 - [Analysis] The CETA, the German Federal Constitutional Court and the distribution of competences between the EU and its Member States  by Julien Miéral

07.09. 2017 - [Analysis] European Unemployment Insurance – a good initiative without foundation
                      by Igor Tkalec - PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg

01.08.2017 - [Analysis] Hello! Is it me you’re looking for? Not after Tele2 anymore…
                     by Teresa Alegra Quintel - PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg

21.07.2017 - [Analysis] Trademark enforcement against intermediaries is getting physical – (Case C 494/15 Hilfiger v Delta Center) 
                     by Carsten Ullrich - PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg

04.07.2017 - [Analysis] Quo Vadis, Europa? Space - the final frontier for EU unification 
                     by Sandra Cabrera Alvarado - PhD Candidate in Space Law at the University of Luxembourg

12.06.2017 - [Analysis] Brexit: Mind the gap! The significance of regional disparities in political decision making  
                     by Estelle Evrard  and Jutta Bissinger - PhD researchers at the University of Luxembourg

26.04.2017 - [Analysis] Soixante ans et toujours en movement / Sixty years on, still moving, transforming and evolving                       
                     by Prof. Herwig Hofmann and Catherine Warin - PhD student at the University of Luxembourg

06.04.2017 - [Analysis] C-547/14: the Twofold Objective of the Tobacco Products Directive
                     by Johannes Hendrik Fahner - PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg

06.03.2017 - [Analysis] Times of Crisis, Times of Prospects: Can the EU Learn from the 1970s?
                     by Mechthild Herzog - PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg

01.03.2017 - [Analysis] Recent developments on free movement in EU.
                     by Catherine Warin - PhD researcher at the University of Luxembourg

28.02.2017 - [Analysis] CJEU condemns German price-fixing system for prescription-only medicinal products.
                     by Julia Sinnig - Research Assistant/Doctoral candidate in tax law at the University of Luxembourg

27.01.2017 - [Analysis] How did the ECB become a fully-fledged central bank of the euro zone?
                     by Jakub Gren (LLM) - PhD researcher in the Institute of Political Science of the University of Luxembourg