Abu Qatada, a Jordanian cleric alleged to be one of Europe’s top al Qaeda officials, was freed from a British jail Monday after an EU court ruled his detention illegal. He remains under surveillance while Britain seeks his deportation.
The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday against a legal challenge to EU plans to charge airlines for their carbon emissions. The court dismissed claims from US, Canadian and other carriers that the plan violates international aviation pacts.
There are growing calls for the European Central Bank to use its financial resources to douse the continent's debt crisis. Mario Draghi and his predecessor Jean-Claude Trichet have so far been reticent. But speaking in the European Parliament, Draghi was seen to open the door to bolder action.
Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda handed down a life sentence to Pauline Nyiramashuko, the first woman to be charged with genocide. She was convicted for committing atrocities during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
The European Commission is under fire for cutting the budget to the EU's food aid programme by 77%. Where once 500 million euros were set aside to help feed people who couldn't afford to eat, that's now been reduced to just over 100 million euros. But it's not because of a lack of money: rather, the International Court of Justice says the food handed out has to come from European stocks.
Roma groups threatened Saturday to take France to the European Court of Justice for the forced deportation of hundreds of Roma and called on European leaders "to put the French president in his place" following EU criticism of the expulsions.
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