European Union: Constitutional & Administrative Law

Die Europäische Kommission hat einen Vorschlag für einen neuen "Public Procurement Act" vorgelegt, der das europäische Vergaberecht grundlegend neuordnen soll. Die bisherigen drei Vergaberichtlinien würden durch eine unmittelbar anwendbare EU-Verordnung ersetzt, die nicht nur das Vergabeverfahren vereinfachen und digitalisieren, sondern öffentliche Beschaffung stärker für Nachhaltigkeit, Resilienz, Innovation und europäische Wertschöpfung einsetzen soll. Der Vors

Italy's Constitutional Court has referred a critical question to the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the 2025 reform of Italian citizenship by descent. The case examines whether new restrictions preventing foreign-born individuals with dual citizenship from acquiring Italian nationality comply with EU law, particularly when applied retroactively to people born before the reform.

The German Federal Constitutional Court is set to rule on the constitutionality of Section 8c of the Corporate Tax Act, which mandates complete forfeiture of tax losses when more than 50% of a corporation's shares change hands. The Hamburg Fiscal Court has supplemented its 2017 referral order with new details about a specific case where losses would be forfeited solely due to share acquisition, raising fundamental questions about whether this provision violates Germany's constitutional principle of equality