The Court of Justice of the European Union does not have jurisdiction to rule on an international boundary dispute that falls outside the scope of EU law, Advocate General Priit Pikamäe stated in his Opinion delivered on Wednesday 11 December (Case C-457/18).
The settlement of the boundary dispute between Slovenia and Croatia was one of the political conditions for Croatia's accession to the EU. Croatia challenges the validity of the award on the border between the two countries made by...