Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

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Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Usual disclaimers.

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Steve Peers is a British academic and an expert on the European Union. He is a professor in the Department of Law and Criminology at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of EU Justice and Home Affairs Law and The Brexit: The Legal Framework for Withdrawal from the EU or Renegotiation of EU Membership. .. more

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 6d

The EU's Court of Justice has confirmed that beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU must be allowed to apply for other forms of protection.

Analysis of the judgment, by Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/11/misr...

EU Law Analysis

Misreading the Temporary Protection Directive? The CJEU sets the record straight on access to subsidiary protection in Framholm (C-195/25)...

eulawanalysis.blogspot.com

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 29m

Former Farage party MEP denies taking money from pro-Russian campaign www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign

A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.

www.bbc.co.uk

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 38m

EU Member States agree on law to give effect to EU/US tariff agreement - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Must still be negotiated with European Parliament

EU-US trade relations: Council moves forward in implementing the tariff elements of the Joint Statement

The Council agreed its negotiating mandate on two regulations to implement the EU-US Joint Statement, eliminating or reducing import tariffs on certain US goods.

www.consilium.europa.eu

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1h

The Blue Labour right have become the Militant of 2025 - a tiny but hyperactive and densely networked sect working relentlessly to drag Labour towards their niche pursuits and away from the values and priorities of core Labour voters.

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 1h

White smoke from Berlin: the coalition has agreed to tie new car purchase incentives to European preference rules - and work to align them across the EU.

A very smart move as @sandertordoir.bsky.social, @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social and I have argued here:
www.delorscentre.eu/fileadmin/2_...

Reposted by Steve Peers, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Aileen McHarg

Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 3h

Home Office #HostileEnvironment - seems nothing has changed

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined

www.theguardian.com

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BEUC - The Consumer Voice @beuc.eu · 3h

Consumers will get more protection after EU deal on payment services 💳🔒

Payment Services Providers will be liable if they don't have preventive measures (e.g. transaction monitoring).

Consumers will be protected from scams when their bank's imitated...but not when others (e.g. family) are.

Payment services deal: More protection from online fraud and hidden fees | News | European Parliament

Parliament and Council have struck a deal on a more open and competitive EU payment services sector, with strong defences against fraud and data breaches.

www.europarl.europa.eu

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 3h

The "guy making a case about low taxes" was in fact Karl Williams of the Centre for Policy Studies - author of the fictional/fabricated and now withdrawn "£234 billion" cost number cited by Katie Lam and Reform.

Funnily Amol Rajan didn't ask him about that.. 😉

María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 4h

And again I wonder why a super expert like Portes is not on BBC4 today instead of a guy making a case about low taxes

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15h

Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.

A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.

Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3h

Anything else on the youth mobility talks?

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3h

Because it's forbidden that the UK might have any legitimate interests of its own, such as the solvency of its universities?

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3h

Also next Thursday - Advocate-General's opinion on how to assess credibility of asylum claims from women/girls who say they would face persecution on grounds of their belief in sex equality - curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3h

3/ Statements by Member States

Greece objects to expediting removal of refugees back to Greece - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...

Hungary wants candidate countries for EU membership to be listed as 'safe countries of origin' unconditionally - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...

data.consilium.europa.eu

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3h

2/ These laws must still be negotiated with the European Parliament; its committee votes next week

My earlier explanation/criticisms

'safe third country' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/towa...

'safe countries of origin' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/04/jump...

Jumping the Gun? The proposed early application of some of the EU’s new asylum pact – and a common list of supposedly ‘safe countries of origin’

Steve Peers , Professor of Law, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Andre Engels, via Wikimedia Commons The EU’s asylum...

eulawanalysis.blogspot.com

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3h

EU asylum law

Latest version of two proposed amendments to the asylum pact, to go to Member States'home affairs ministers Dec 8th

1 'safe third countries'- data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...

2 'safe countries of origin' - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...

1/

data.consilium.europa.eu

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María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 4h

And again I wonder why a super expert like Portes is not on BBC4 today instead of a guy making a case about low taxes

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15h

UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study

Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.

www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Steve Peers, Nicolai von Ondarza

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 4h

Media briefings on UK-EU finances ahead of this weekend's SAFE deadline

www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 4h

Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4h

Our information space is dominated by a system that demands and rewards continous and immediate emotional gratification, so you can't even begin to have a discussion about complex issues. It's a bright cancer that spreads and multiplies with every interaction.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13h

It's part of the electionification of everything, which is why we as a country are failing to have a proper conversation about our actual problems. It's bad for the left *and* the right.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22h

It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Joe R. Feagin, Steve Peers , and 1 more Dorothy Bishop, Joe R. Feagin, Steve Peers, Diane Ravitch

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Even now, thinking about himself

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”

Homeland Security tweet says “there us no room at the table for invaders.”

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 15h

Bang on, @bjennings90.bsky.social

An illustration of Kemi Badenoch shouting at a scared child: “If you can’t afford to live then why did you decide to be born?”

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15h

A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers , and 4 more Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers, Richard H. King, Michael H. Whitworth, Molly Scott Cato, Mark Priestley

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 15h

The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Christina Pagel

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15h

Fascinating that the cash ISA limit is the most unpopular item in the budget. I would have thought it would be unpopular but not more so than e.g. freezing tax thresholds.

Reposted by Martin McKee, Nando Sigona, Ben H. Ansell , and 8 more Martin McKee, Nando Sigona, Ben H. Ansell, Christian Odendahl, Richard S.J. Tol, Steve Peers, Alison Phipps, Jussi T. Eronen, Margot C. Finn, Maria Abreu, José Pina-Sánchez

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15h

UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study

Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.

www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Steve Peers, Lesley A. Hall

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 15h

Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 16h

Labour immigration policy explained:
✅ Net immigration rising: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration plummeting: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 18h

Ask Matt

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 18h

France 24: EU could hit X with fine before 2025 ends
www.france24.com/en/live-news...

EU could hit X with fine before 2025 ends

The European Union could fine Elon Musk's X platform for breaking its digital rules by the end of 2025 -- two years into a probe that has tested the bloc's resolve to police the online space.

www.france24.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18h

Colorado's DOC says it won't pursue the transfer of Tina Peters, the Trump-supporting county clerked convicted for breaching voter equipment, as the federal government requested recently. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody

Tina Peters’ situation has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.

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