The Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU has set itself an ambitious objective: that of reaching an agreement between member states by the end of the year on recasting the “Brussels IIa” agreement relating to decisions in matrimonial matters, parental responsibility and international child abduction (see EUROPE 11584).
This was set out in a paper drafted before the summer break, which not only takes stock of discussions on this issue but also proposes a series of major...