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Court of Justice ECJ rules Hungary, Slovakia obliged to accept refugees from Greece & Italy

September 6, 2017 World 5

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Wednesday dismissed a challenge by Slovakia and Hungary against the EU’s relocation policy for asylum seekers, upholding the EU’s right to oblige member countries to take in refugees. In response to the migration crisis that hit Europe in the summer of 2015, the …

EU Court landmark decision opens door for legal cases by EU citizens in bailout countries

September 21, 2016 Politics 5

An important decision for the protection of human rights in times of bailouts and austerity. For the first time, the European Court of Justice explicitly stated that the European institutions and in particular the European Commission are bound by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and are obliged to protect …

EC seeks 370K refugees’ “fingerprints” & threatens 5 EU countries with Court

December 11, 2015 Refugees, Very Mix 1

The European Commission increased pressure on Greece, Italy, Malta, Croatia and Hungary to register the fingerprints of all refugees and economic migrants entering the European Union. In a statement released on Thursday, the EC threatens the 5 EU-member states with “infringement proceedings” for failing to comply with the EU directives …

Greek Consulting Company to challenge ECB’s ELA decision before European Court of Justice

July 10, 2015 Economy 3

A Greek private equity and advisory firm started the proceedings to take the European Central Bank to the European Court of Justice requesting the annulment of June 28th and July 6th that froze the Emergency Liquidity Assistance to Greek banks thus creating an asphyxiating atmosphere to the Greek economy and …

Varoufakis threatens top EU court action to block Grexit

June 30, 2015 Economy 28

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis threatened that Greece can take the EU and the Eurozone (?) to European Court of Justice in order to block a Greek exit from the euro area. “They cannot drive us away from the eurozone,” Varoufakis told UK’s Telegraph. The Finance Minister said that the …

Merkel Admits: She Can’t See Greece’ MoU And Austerity Don’t Work Unless She Wears 3D Glasses

January 25, 2012 Economy Comments Off on Merkel Admits: She Can’t See Greece’ MoU And Austerity Don’t Work Unless She Wears 3D Glasses

Finally German Chancellor Angela Merkel can see clearly things in their real dimensions. In lenght, width and depth. With the help of 3D glasses, Angela Merkel managed the optical breakthrough. However she saw only two dimensions of the Greek Debt, despite the 3-dimensional aid. Merkel saw that neither the Memorandum of Understanding between …

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