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Habeck launches tender for climate protection contracts: billions from the state 2024-03-12 14:39:55

DThe federal government wants to support the industry in becoming climate neutral with a funding program worth billions. On Tuesday, Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) launched the first call for tenders for the so-called climate protection agreements. With these, the federal government wants to subsidize companies the additional costs for climate-friendly production compared … Read more

Amnesty law: Constitutional, international and criminal law jurists rule out a clash between the Spanish Penal Code and the European directive | Spain

Miguel Ángel Revenga, professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Cádiz, estimates that the reference that has been introduced in the law to the European directive “in no case affects the scope of the Spanish Penal Code to delimit the scope of what is punishable.” Now, he warns that “contrasts and interpretative disagreements between … Read more

Amnesty law: Constitutional, international and criminal law jurists rule out a clash between the Spanish Penal Code and the European directive | Spain

Miguel Ángel Revenga, professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Cádiz, estimates that the reference that has been introduced in the law to the European directive “in no case affects the scope of the Spanish Penal Code to delimit the scope of what is punishable.” Now, he warns that “contrasts and interpretative disagreements between … Read more

Carmen Calvo assumes the presidency of the State Council as a “space for legal reflection, not controversy” | Spain

The former vice president of the Government Carmen Calvo took office this Wednesday as president of the Council of State. In the act she has claimed the role of this institution as a factor of balance of the system, and therefore dedicated to “legal reflection, not political controversy.” In her speech, Calvo stressed that the … Read more

Vox undertakes its legal offensive against the amnesty with an appeal for protection from its 33 deputies to the Constitutional Court | Spain

Vox has decided to immediately begin its legal offensive against the amnesty law, and for this purpose it has prepared an appeal for protection by its 33 deputies against the decision of the president of Congress, Francina Armengol, to return the initiative to the Justice Commission. on said bill, so that it can be voted … Read more

The Constitutional Court endorses that the prohibition of appointments of the Judicial Branch be approved urgently | Spain

The Constitutional Court has endorsed the urgent procedure that was given to the legal reform by which appointments by the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) were prohibited while it was in office, as well as that experts were not summoned to give their opinion on this parliamentary initiative. Both agreements were adopted by the … Read more

The Constitutional Court rejects Junqueras’ appeal against the demands of the Electoral Board to recognize him as an MEP | Spain

The Constitutional Court has rejected the appeal of ERC leader Oriol Junqueras against the decision of the Central Electoral Board (JEC) that denied him the possibility of acquiring the full status of MEP by any system other than his personal appearance to meet the requirement of oath or promise to comply with the Constitution. Junqueras … Read more

Ábalos: The Constitutional Court established the criterion that the seat belongs to the deputy and not to the political party | Spain

The Constitutional Court has established in its doctrine that the seat of a parliamentarian does not belong to the party on whose lists he was elected, but to the deputy or senator himself, as a representative of the citizens who elected him. The court of guarantees maintains this interpretation since its first ruling on the … Read more