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The blog post analyses the President of Poland’s power to appoint or refuse to appoint judges and whether such decisions are subject to judicial review.

In the current blog study, the author summarises the findings of his research on the EUs enlargement policy pursued within the framework of a Central European Academy Professors’ Network research group “EU Enlargement and Successful Integration” (2024-2025) and also the findings of the other research group members on their own country’s experiences with the EU accession.

The ageing of European societies is a fact, and this has an impact on state security. As the political organisation of society, it is obliged to ensure that it functions free of any threats. These can be of a diverse nature. One of them is ageing, leading to a change in the demographic structure of society. In order to exist, the state must ensure generational replacement.

This post analyses recent jurisprudence of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) of the Czech Republic concerning the rights of Ukrainian nationals under the EU Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) and the 2022 Council Implementing Decision (CID).

https://doi.org/10.63189/YFSV7637 An analysis of the practice of the European Commission and the CJEU concerning proceedings for failure to comply with a prior judgment, i.e., Article 260(2) TFEU, reveals that the subject matter of the vast majority of non-compliance cases concerns the environment. Of the 45 cases conducted under this procedure between 2000 and 2025, as many as 21 related to this field, including 18 concerning waste. A closer examination shows that within thi

This blog post analyses the use of QMV in EU decision-making, focusing on enlargement, efficiency, sovereignty and smaller Member States.