Europeans want a stronger, more united EU in uncertain times.

The results of the Winter 2025 #Eurobarometer survey reveal:
🔹 66% believe the EU should take a greater role in safeguarding against global crises.
🔹 89% say Member States must act with more unity.

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Greece violated ECHR in 'push back' of asylum seeker to Turkey - yesterday's judgment of European Court of Human Rights - hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press?i=...

Merci vielmal Switzerland, generously seconding experts to our independent Office the last 4 years and into the future - bringing professional, competent, team players. Thanks Delphine (and leaving earlier in the year, Nina) for fabulous work done. 🇨🇭🇪🇺@swissmfa.bsky.social #swisspoland #swisspeachhr

This week, on 10 December, the Int’l Human Rights Day, in commemoration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 76 years ago, we had an open day. The independent Fundamental Rights Office monitors, advices on and builds capacity in European border management.

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Now even better - the European Union Fundamental Rights Information System by the @eurightsagency.bsky.social now comes with new and improved features, fresh layout and is even easier to use. A great resource for 🇪🇺. 🔗 lnkd.in/dUJjPpYX

EU courts, border controls

New case: latest attempt to challenge Frontex, the EU border agency - this time for supplying information to Libyan authorities, allegedly in breach of human rights eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...

How should EU countries set up independent national mechanisms to monitor #FundamentalRights compliance during border screening & asylum procedures?

New #EURightsAgency guidance sets out 9 key considerations on how best to do this.

Get it here: europa.eu/!v783mw

Johansson: Two Hungarian ministers have promised the government would comply with EU asylum ruling

The EU Home Affairs Commissioner told Szabad Európa that the Hungarian government was working on preparing the implementation of the asylum package.

Note that the prior CJEU judgment concludes that a ban on a category of people applying for asylum breaches not only *EU legislation* but also the *EU Charter of Fundamental Rights* - ie the primary law of the EU. So an EU Council emergency law purporting to let Poland adopt a ban would be invalid.

At first sight, an obvious breach of EU law - unless this simply amounts to a delay in processing asylum applications, or the idea is to request the EU Council to adopt an emergency asylum law allowing Poland to do this. The asylum pact 'crisis' law does not apply yet, and does not provide for this

In short order, Hungary has challenged military support for Ukraine and the European Media Freedom Act, while the Le Pen party has challenged the new EU asylum pact. Populist RW parties/govts increasingly becoming plaintiffs in the EU courts, not only defendants.

EU accession has boosted growth among its new members

A new report points out that per capita wealth of the 10 countries that joined the European Union in 2004 has risen from 14% to 50% that of Germany in 20 years.

New EU asylum laws finally adopted - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
My analysis starting here - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-...

Part 6 of my analysis of the new EU asylum laws - on the revised Dublin Regulation
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Part 7 of my analysis of the new EU asylum laws - the asylum procedures Regulation eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-...

The final part of my analysis of the new EU asylum laws - on the crisis Regulation, and general conclusions
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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he wants the European Union to guarantee the right to an abortion in its Charter of Fundamental Rights.

EU Member States and European Parliament agree on new EU law on transfer of criminal proceedings www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...