By Jemma Slingo2021-04-12T11:10:00+01:00
A decision on whether the UK can join a key convention which facilitates judicial co-operation across Europe is believed to be imminent, following months of negotiations.
The UK submitted an application to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention in April 2020 but has struggled to gain membership. The convention is an international agreement on which country’s courts may hear civil or commercial cross-border disputes and which decisions can be enforced. The agreement is particularly important for individuals and small businesses which would otherwise struggle to enforce their rights.
A meeting is due to be held today by the working party on civil law matters, which will make a recommendation to the European Council about the convention. It is understood that the European Commission presented a communication on Lugano to the working group on EU-UK relations last week. While no agenda or papers are available for today’s meeting, it has bee
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There was a Scooby Doo moment in Alex Salmond’s campaign launch on Tuesday. Something that made me think: ‘Ruh-roh’. The new leader of the Alba party was setting out his stall ahead of the 6 May Holyrood election and concentrating mostly on tactics. Voting for the SNP in the constituencies and Alba on the proportional list ballot, he contended, could elect a Scottish parliament with a ‘supermajority’ for independence.
Thereafter in fact, in week one of that new parliament he would expect the Scottish government to open negotiations with Whitehall for the dismantling of the United Kingdom. He was not averse to another referendum like the one he lost in 2014, but was open to other avenues, including legal action and ‘peaceful and popular demonstration’. If Boris won’t let you go on holiday this summer, come to Scotland, where we’ll be combining the annual rainfall of Colombia with the political climate of Catalonia.
International drone patrol to help monitor Estonia s maritime area 2021-04-08 BNS/TBT Staff
TALLINN – The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board will be using a Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to guard the Estonian maritime border, perform search and rescue task and monitor the sea for pollution in April and in May.
Marge Kohtla, head of the maritime security group at the Police and Border Guard Board, said that the EMSA drone offers an excellent opportunity for monitoring the maritime area, serving as an addition to the existing maritime surveillance system, vessels of the Police and Border Guard Board, smaller water craft, and aircraft.