{"title":"Strategic autonomy in the European Union’s external relations law","authors":"F. Hoffmeister","doi":"10.54648/cola2023048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023048","url":null,"abstract":"The article reviews the legal significance of the European Union’s quest for “strategic autonomy” in its external relations. First the political origin of the term is recapped and a legal definition proposed: “Striving for multilateral solutions, while being able to take lawful action alone to safeguard the Union’s values, fundamental interests, security, independence and integrity!” Second, the application thereof in the EU’s common commercial policy is reviewed. In particular, the recent EU legislative initiatives that combat economic distortions on the one hand are distinguished from the pieces of EU legislation that foster EU values worldwide on the other hand. Third, the Common Foreign and Security Policy is considered. It is shown how the EU’s reaction in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to an unprecedented array of use of available instruments (European Peace Facility, ten sanctions packages, support for Ukraine for its legal cases against Russia). The conclusion identifies a new defining moment for the European project through a remarkable legal push from intergovernmental to integrationist conduct in its external relations in the 2020s.\u0000strategic autonomy, external relations law, common commercial policy, CFSP, European Peace Facility","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42497724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Digital Markets Act: Regulating the Wild West","authors":"Anne C. Witt","doi":"10.54648/cola2023047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136281382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The independence criterion for national courts in the preliminary reference procedure after Banco de Santander: Still the joker in the deck?","authors":"Maciej Taborowski, P. Bogdanowicz","doi":"10.54648/cola2023051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023051","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46953376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: The UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: A Legal Analysis, by Michael Dougan. (Oxford University Press, 2021)","authors":"P. Craig","doi":"10.54648/cola2023066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023066","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48179252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: The European Parliament as an Accountability Forum: Overseeing the Economic and Monetary Union, by Adina Akbik. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022)","authors":"K. Tuori","doi":"10.54648/cola2023056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49352759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: The European Restructuring Directive, by Gerard McCormack. (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2021)","authors":"Defne Tasman","doi":"10.54648/cola2023062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48492957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ligue des droits humains and the validity of the PNR Directive: Balancing individual rights and State powers in times of new technologies","authors":"E. Brouwer","doi":"10.54648/cola2023054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46766096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Market Investigations: A New Competition Tool for Europe?, Edited by Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz and Heike Schweitzer. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022)","authors":"W. Sauter","doi":"10.54648/cola2023059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48421880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Principle of ne bis in idem in EU competition law: The beginning of a new era after the ECJ’s decisions in bpost and Nordzucker?","authors":"B. Zelger","doi":"10.54648/cola2023010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43313809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Economic frontiers of the rule of law: Sped-Pro v. Commission","authors":"M. Bernatt","doi":"10.54648/cola2023008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54648/cola2023008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47406,"journal":{"name":"Common Market Law Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41624830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}