Henry Rodgers

Henry Rodgers

Henry Rodgers teaches English language at “La Sapienza” University, Rome and has published extensively on the discrimination issue.

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Italy Says …

College Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Social Affairs, Roxana Mînzatu, has replied to the latest parliamentary question from Irish MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú on the Commission’s conduct of a third infringement proceedings against Italy for discrimination...

4 March 2026 · 8 min read

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Answer the Question

For the third time Irish MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú presses the Commission for answers on its conduct and closure of the long-running Lettori case.  As a practicing barrister before her election to the European Parliament...

7 January 2026 · 6 min read

Commission closes long-running Lettori case 
Executive Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu

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Commission closes long-running Lettori case 

Decision precludes a fifth Court of Justice ruling in a line of litigation which dates back to 1989.  07 August 2025  By Henry Rodgers  In a sudden and unexpected about-face,...

7 August 2025 · 9 min read

Parliamentary question, A Third Infringement Case Against Italy for Lettori discrimination
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Parliamentary question, A Third Infringement Case Against Italy for Lettori discrimination

Parliamentary question calls for checks on evidence submitted by Italy in an unprecedented third Commission infringement case for non-implementation of the Lettori rulings of the Court of Justice In an...

25 March 2025 · 7 min read

Irish MEP seeks to prise open the confidentiality of the Commission’s long-running Lettori case against Italy
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Irish MEP seeks to prise open the confidentiality of the Commission’s long-running Lettori case against Italy

Irish MEP Ciaran Mullooly has placed a probing priority parliamentary question to Commissioner for Social Affairs, Roxana Minzatu, on the conduct of infringement case C-519/23 for the long-running discrimination against...

4 February 2025 · 7 min read