| | The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ensures uniform interpretation and application of both the Treaties establishing the European Communities and the secondary legislation and other law adopted under their authority. To enable it to carry out that task, the Court has wide jurisdiction to hear various types of cases. For example, the Court has the authority to hear and issue binding judgements in lawsuits that seek to annul a law adopted by the EU, to compel an EU institution to act, or to require that a member state comply with EU law. The ECJ may issue clarifications of EU law (in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from any member state court) and hears appeals on legal questions arising out of cases at the Court of First Instance. The ECJ currently has 28 justices and eight advocates-general, who are appointed by common accord of the governments of the member states and who hold office for six-year renewable terms. | | The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ensures uniform interpretation and application of both the Treaties establishing the European Communities and the secondary legislation and other law adopted under their authority. To enable it to carry out that task, the Court has wide jurisdiction to hear various types of cases. For example, the Court has the authority to hear and issue binding judgements in lawsuits that seek to annul a law adopted by the EU, to compel an EU institution to act, or to require that a member state comply with EU law. The ECJ may issue clarifications of EU law (in response to a request for a preliminary ruling from any member state court) and hears appeals on legal questions arising out of cases at the Court of First Instance. The ECJ currently has 28 justices and eight advocates-general, who are appointed by common accord of the governments of the member states and who hold office for six-year renewable terms. |
| | {{quotebox-float|“The [[Libyan war|NATO intervention in Libya]], carried out in the name of protecting freedom, democracy and human rights, is one we’d do well to remember as NATO plays out its [[proxy war]] [[NATO war in Ukraine|in Ukraine]] in the name of, you’ve guessed it, freedom, democracy and human rights...What happens after NATO intervenes in your country on this basis?...Terror, [[death]], [[lawlessness]], [[rape]], poverty, [[starvation]]…Libya is a country riven by conflict, its [[economy]] shattered, its population – formerly the [[wealth]]iest in Africa – ridden and mired in [[poverty]]...Migrants are bought and sold in [[slave]] markets...It’s a country of mass graves, of [[crimes against humanity]]...This is NATO’s legacy”.<ref>https://twitter.com/ClareDalyMEP/status/1597954104889778176</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|“The [[Libyan war|NATO intervention in Libya]], carried out in the name of protecting freedom, democracy and human rights, is one we’d do well to remember as NATO plays out its [[proxy war]] [[NATO war in Ukraine|in Ukraine]] in the name of, you’ve guessed it, freedom, democracy and human rights...What happens after NATO intervenes in your country on this basis?...Terror, [[death]], [[lawlessness]], [[rape]], poverty, [[starvation]]…Libya is a country riven by conflict, its [[economy]] shattered, its population – formerly the [[wealth]]iest in Africa – ridden and mired in [[poverty]]...Migrants are bought and sold in [[slave]] markets...It’s a country of mass graves, of [[crimes against humanity]]...This is NATO’s legacy”.<ref>https://twitter.com/ClareDalyMEP/status/1597954104889778176</ref>}} |
| | + | In July 2025 in a meeting with China's Foreign Minister [[Wang Yi]], EU foreign policy boss Kallas thought it wise to lecture him about [[EU]] [[values]] and [[democracy]]. She opened by demanding of [[China]] to submit to the [[rules based order]] and arrogantly insisted that China condemn [[SMO|Russia's military operation in Ukraine]], cease providing support and use its influence to stop [[Russia]]'s advance westward. Wang Yi replied that China was not helping Russia in the conflict with [[Ukraine]] and that it had no intention whatsoever of interfering in that conflict. Had China done so, said Yi, the conflict would already have been over. However, Mr. Yi also informed Kallas that China had no intention of seeing Russia lose, because China's leadership believes that if Russia was defeated, the "rules based order" would turn on China next. |