The Council of State annulled a mayor’s decision to send French-language election notices to French-speaking residents, the latest round in a 60-year dispute over six villages.
The Grand Chamber found that the absence of identity documents does not by itself establish a risk of absconding, a decision that could affect practice in a dozen member states.
Belgian prosecutors say the Italian and Polish members took payments from a Gulf-based consultancy in exchange for shaping a resolution on labor rights.
A law meant to relieve pressure on housing and lecture halls has shrunk first-year international intake by 18 percent, with the sharpest declines in the provincial cities that courted those students most.
