ZEuS Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien

This article examines States’ positive obligations under human rights law facing climate change. First, it finds that – besides more specific but “weaker” provisions – climate change falls under the scope of the right to a private life and...

This article deals with an increasing practice of states to deprive the citizenship of persons who have participated in terrorist activities. The article examines this practice on the basis of international and national regulations (example:...

The era of digitalization created new forms of employment along with complicated employment statuses, where existing labour laws lag in solving legal problems. The most recent development in the European Union is the proposed Platform Work Directive...

International commitments of states require them to adopt regulatory measures aimed at reducing CO2 emissions to combat climate change. This is likely to trigger a wave of investor-state claims by affected foreign investors, mostly from the fossil...

Cross-sectoral investment screening in German Foreign Trade Law and in German Foreign Trade Regulation is becoming increasingly significant both from a political and legal standpoint. Foreign direct investments are receiving more attention, which...

Money laundering has developed at the same pace, if not quicker, as the laws that were meant to restrain it. The advent of cryptocurrency escalated the century-long arms race between money launderers and regulators as cryptocurrencies shifted the...

This article presents an overview of the powers of the recently established European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), a supranational body that investigates and prosecutes criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the European Union...

The Commission’s 2022 Report on the Rule of Law highlights serious concerns about the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, particularly in Poland and Hungary. The ongoing consolidation of illiberal democracies in these countries has led...

Facing increasing internal and external threats, the Member States of the European Union are moving closer together in ensuring the Union’s security. The European Council endorsed the Strategic Compass, developed over 18 months, on 24 March 2022....