Hungary's legal challenge to the European Parliament triggering "rule of law" proceedings is admissible but fails on the merits, as the EP calculated votes correctly. (However, the Council has not acted on the EP's resolution...)
New judgment in Tesco case comparing pay of workers in shops to other workers - cases pending against other supermarkets too - one of final cases from UK
Hungarian government's dog whistle rant about Soros, immigration (the EP resolution included many other rule of law issues), and EP breaking its own rules proved unfounded
Full text of judgment on failed Hungarian legal challenge to European Parliament rule of law resolution now online - note the point about asylum claims by Hungarians curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
Explanation of today's CJEU equal pay judgment concerning Tesco (but affecting other workers too) -
Important not to overlook the *all* migrants point - the legal challenge was (jointly) brought by an EU citizens' group on the basis of EU law, but the illegality of the immigration exception to data protection law is also relevant to non-EU migrants:
...I haven't found out the source of *those particular* crazy claims. But thanks to @EmporersNewC I have some news about some *similar* crazy claims.
Last night someone tried to prove that FB post was correct by er, just quoting it again. But then she linked to the "eutruth" website. I followed the link and...
UK government strategy paper on immigration policy now published - gov.uk/government/pub…
One headline yesterday said EU citizens would be subject to travel authorisation. Misleading as some form of travel authorisation will apply to *all* visitors, except UK and Irish citizens.
There are no further details besides the scope and planned date of the rollout. Note that similar systems in the EU, US and Canada provide for a travel authorisation valid for several years, ie no need to apply for each visit during that period.
New AG opinion: minister's power to remove secondment of judges to higher courts in Poland breaches judicial independence: curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/do…
CJEU, asylum law
New judgment: EU Member States cannot reject an asylum application as inadmissible simply because Norway previously rejected it - curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/do…
Although Norway applies Dublin rules, crucial point for CJEU is that it does not apply *other* EU asylum law
Lord Frost has been the chief Brexit negotiator for some time. It's hard to believe such a basic error is accidental. Whether it's gross incompetence or a deliberate lie, either should disqualify him from his post.
The problem with Brexity untruths isn't merely historical. They are now being deployed by these fanatics to damage any prospect of a closer relationship with the EU *as a non-EU country* - even if it damages a British industry, as it does here.
Key reasons for the ruling in the press release - ECB and German government and Parliament have done enough to address concerns in the previous judgment
Very good summary of the legal background to today's ruling in this thread