This study explores the legal space for the creation of an EU Climate and Energy Union. As to the concept of an actual Climate and Energy Union, this study relies on the two main targets laid down in the European Climate Law, being a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 55% percent...

This study explores the legal space for the creation of an EU Climate and Energy Union. As to the concept of an actual Climate and Energy Union, this study relies on the two main targets laid down in the European Climate Law, being a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 55% percent...

To serve and protect its citizens from climate change, the EU and its Member States need to act decisively and quickly. This raises the question if EU law currently offers the legal space required for such effective action, for example by creating a true Climate and Energy Union. Where the...

In dieser Studie wird der rechtliche Spielraum für die Schaffung einer Klima- und Energieunion der EU untersucht. Bezüglich des Konzepts einer echten Klima- und Energieunion stützt sich diese Studie auf die beiden wichtigsten im Europäischen Klimagesetz festgelegten Ziele, nämlich die...

In dieser Studie wird der rechtliche Spielraum für die Schaffung einer Klima- und Energieunion der EU untersucht. Bezüglich des Konzepts einer echten Klima- und Energieunion stützt sich diese Studie auf die beiden wichtigsten im Europäischen Klimagesetz festgelegten Ziele, nämlich die...

This paper is part of a series of five studies on mis-selling of financial products in the EU. Retail financial markets across the EU have been upset by large-scale mis-selling of financial products to consumers. As part of a series of five studies on this topic, this paper examines the problem...

This in-depth analysis examines the issue of the possible revocation of a withdrawal notification under article 50 TEU. In light of the ongoing negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the EU, the possibility for the UK to revoke its withdrawal notification has become a significant political and...

This study specifically focuses on EU action and cooperation concerning equality and the fight against racism and xenophobia. Despite existing EU legislation and action it argues that there are still significant gaps and barriers to equal treatment and to adequate prevention and prosecution of,...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs, at the request of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE Committee), primarily assesses the Commission's December 2017 proposals...

This study was commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee. This paper analyses the legal framework on large carnivores - brown bear (Ursus arctos), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), wolf (Canis lupus),...