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Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for the repeal of the CSDDD during his inaugural visit to the European Commission on May 9, 2025. German public television quoted him as follows: “The permanent solution to...more
On March 11, 2024, an agreement around a draft directive to strengthen the protection of digital platform workers in Europe was approved by twenty-five Member States. For the time being, France and Germany are opposed to the...more
The Directive (EU) 2021/2167 sets out a harmonized regulatory framework for services in relation to non-performing loans and has to be implemented by Member States by 29 December 2023. In Germany, the draft bill of the Credit...more
In its judgment of 2 September 2021, the ECJ ruled in particular that the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) does not have the sufficient independence required under EU law. According to the ECJ, EU law...more
All three institutions of the European Union have now approved the EU Preventive Restructuring Framework Directive. This is the EU's first attempt to "harmonise" insolvency laws across the Member States, that have disparate...more
The European Commission is proposing a directive that would repeal the existing Injunctions Directive and require European Union (EU) member states to introduce into their national laws representative actions for the...more