AFP (Luxembourg) — EU countries cannot imprison illegal migrants just for crossing borders inside the passport-free Schengen area, the bloc’s top court ruled Tuesday, in a new blow to efforts to crack down on the migration crisis. The European Court
An Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said that it is possible for companies to institute a headscarf ban if it is done under a policy ensuring “religious and ideological neutrality”. The opinion on the headscarf ban
A Romanian immigrant who screamed “sex” at a Suffolk woman while attempting to rape her has been jailed for sexual assault following his extradition from Romania. The woman was walking through a churchyard in Bury St Edmunds last May when
A top European Union (EU) judge has launched a scathing attack on his own court, describing it as too big, too powerful and saying that recent reforms are a disaster. Franklin Dehousse, a judge in the European General Court (EGC),
A European court has ruled that the Scottish government’s plan for a minimum unit price on alcohol will contravene European Union law if other tax options are available. They said the effect of the policy is “significantly to restrict the
LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Billionaire U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took his long battle against windfarms near his Scottish golf course to the UK Supreme Court on Thursday. The property mogul – who says plans for 11 offshore
The short-sighted mainstream press has become very excited over the fact that the European Court of Justice has rejected a French prisoner’s claim over his right to vote. Even the very left-wing Mirror newspaper claims this is a “major boost” for
BRUSSELS/LUXEMBOURG, Oct 6 – A system enabling data transfers from the European Union to the United States by thousands of companies is invalid, the highest European Union court said on Tuesday in a landmark ruling that will leave firms scrambling to
EU states can refuse to pay jobseeker benefits to migrants, even if they are citizens of other EU nations, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. German news site RP Online reports that the court considered the case of
BRUSSELS, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Scotland’s plan to introduce a minimum price for alcohol risks breaching European Union law and it should explore other means to protect public health such as increasing tax, a senior adviser to the European Court
Prime Minister David Cameron’s legal case for preventing migrants from claiming benefits rests on a mistranslation, Europe’s top court has heard. Britain is currently locked in battle with the European Union Commission at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg
The European Court of Justice has today handed down a bizarre ruling to the British government, demanding that despite Europe’s constant hectoring over carbon emissions, the UK may not seek to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on energy-saving materials to increase its
Ride-on lawn mowers, golf buggies and mobility scooters will all need to be insured if EU lawmakers get their way. Judges at the European Court of Justice recently ruled that a 43-year-old insurance law should be extended to all motorised vehicles,
