Questions tagged [european-council]

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What legal system does the European Union use?

I have been studying basic Law, learning the difference between the various legal systems such as Common Law, and the Civil Legal System. Countries that are part of the European Union (EU) are signatories to EU law, which they must follow and can…
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What does the ECHR actually require of signatories?

Whereas the EU requires that member states surrender some degree of their sovereignty to Brussels as a condition of membership, the European Convention On Human Rights (ECHR) requires states to adopt in some way the articles of the convention into…
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To what extent was the Equality Act 2010 shaped by or did it “implement” legal provisions of the EU?

The DPA 2018 was passed pursuant to the EU GDPR to achieve uniformity across the EU in relation to matters of personal data. The unfair contract term regulations too were passed to implement EU directives and I gather that the legal situation across…
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What EU law provides for the requirement of unanimity voting of the heads of state or government in the European Council on taxation policy of the EU?

This is a derivative and related question of the question: "What TFEU or other EU law provision provides for the veto power of a head of state in the European Council?" What is the Community Law, EU law or European Law basis of the fact that heads…
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