The role of Courts in the era of EU externalization policies: A focus on Libya, Tunisia, and Niger, in RLI blog.

This blog maps out the key features of externalization policies between the EU and its Member States with strategic African countries. Because of their key role in EU external action, the analysis is carried out with reference to Libya, Tunisia, and Niger. The paper then investigates the role of Courts in different countries and continents in tackling EU externalization policies as well as the difficulties encountered in exercising judicial control over them. It concludes that political challenges play a major role in shaping national and supranational Courts’ position towards the legality of externalization policies.