Brussels insists it only acts where member states allow it. MCC Brussel's Deputy Research Director Philip Siegert shows that is simply untrue. h exists down with John O'Brien to talk about his latest report: Empire of Law: Pushing supranationalism beyond democratic legitimacy. For decades, EU institutions have quietly rewritten their own powers; through courts, crises, delegated acts and clever legal gymnastics, creating a system where the centre expands and national democracy s...
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Brussels insists it only acts where member states allow it. MCC Brussel's Deputy Research Director Philip Siegert shows that is simply untrue. h exists down with John O'Brien to talk about his latest report: Empire of Law: Pushing supranationalism beyond democratic legitimacy. For decades, EU institutions have quietly rewritten their own powers; through courts, crises, delegated acts and clever legal gymnastics, creating a system where the centre expands and national democracy s...
Pay €20,000 or Accept Migrants – EU ‘Solidarity’ Pact
MCC Brussels Podcast
30 minutes
3 weeks ago
Pay €20,000 or Accept Migrants – EU ‘Solidarity’ Pact
This week, Jacob Reynolds is joined by Philipp Siegert, Deputy Research Director at MCC Brussels, to unpack the EU’s migration pact blow-up, a College of Europe fraud probe, and the vandalism of Brussels’ Grand Place nativity scene. Pay up or take migrants The Commission sells the Pact on Migration and Asylum as “solidarity” – but the rollout is exposing open fractures across Europe. The Council is discussing relocation quotas (around 21,000) and a “solidarity contribution” of €20,000 ...
MCC Brussels Podcast
Brussels insists it only acts where member states allow it. MCC Brussel's Deputy Research Director Philip Siegert shows that is simply untrue. h exists down with John O'Brien to talk about his latest report: Empire of Law: Pushing supranationalism beyond democratic legitimacy. For decades, EU institutions have quietly rewritten their own powers; through courts, crises, delegated acts and clever legal gymnastics, creating a system where the centre expands and national democracy s...
