Now out in English - looking for a postdoc with a background in comparative law or HR to work with me on systemic violations of migrants' rights, comparing the Inter-American Court's approach with the ECtHR. Deadline May 10 - DM open for questions! stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/e24…

A clear statement of what's at stake in the presidential immunity case before the US Supreme Court: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

I cannot think of a more egregious violation of core EU single-market law than this - so where is the Commission with enforcement actions?

My new column on the #EU ’s complete naivety and misperception of the destructive force of Victor Orban. In a few months he will be the EU Council s leader. My interest Jacob Öberg Kim Lane Scheppele R. Daniel Kelemen Daniel Freund Jon Kyst Soren Liborius Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 Daniel Hegedus

'You should never take democracy for granted. You should always support it. And protect it.'

What an impressive spot by European Parliament

The European Parliament has just voted overwhelmingly to condemn Hungary’s ongoing systemic attacks to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights.

The EU Council must do whatever it takes, including suspending voting rights, to uphold the EU’s core values.

📢 European Parliament to Orban government:

'Stop attacking the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights!'

Wide support for the report of my colleague Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield 🇪🇺💪💚

The Greek gvt has so far dismissed all concerns over the rule of law as “biased” and “politically motivated” but a critical report by the US Department of State will be more difficult to ignore
state.gov/reports/2023-c…

I have serious #HumanRights concerns about United Kingdom’s #RwandaBill . Its adoption by the UK Parliament raises major issues about the rights of #asylum seekers and the #RuleOfLaw .
👉 go.coe.int/oULaG

judicial appointments to international orgs in some countries are never boring. One of those countries is Slovakia where the government just rejected candidates for ECtHR and EU General Court proposed by the Judicial Council. Farce potential: high

Today, MEPs will vote on a report on the #RuleOfLaw in Hungary - a damning picture on rule of law & the EU's response.

“The labelling of opponents as ‘traitors’ by Fidesz politicians is straight out of the authoritarian handbook” - Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
🔗: greens.eu/3W97CnH

Given a striking culmination of a years-long failure on the part of the Commission to protect the rule of law, do we need a different accountability mechanism?

HENRY BARRETT argues for a new ‘Non-EU Rule of Law Commission’:

verfassungsblog.de/?p=80199&previ…

Yet another must-read piece from ⁦Dr Joelle Grogan⁩ ⁦UK in a Changing Europe⁩ >> Leaving the European convention on human rights won’t stop the boats – but it will create other problems for the UK theconversation.com/leaving-the-eu…

🇸🇰⚖️🇪🇺 The European Commission is warning Slovakia that its remaining recovery fund money is at risk over 'reforms' of the prosecutor's office. The Fico government has until tomorrow to respond. The rule of law crisis, receding in Poland, metastasises south. 1/

Ultra-rapid rule of law backsliding in Slovakia. It took Orbàn a decade, Fico does it in a matter of months. What action by Commission and #EUCO Ursula von der Leyen Charles Michel Věra Jourová?

If EU had learned anything from attacks on judiciary in Poland and Hungary, they would react quickly and decisively to these developments in Slovakia…
Alas, I fear they have learned nothing.

The EU urges Georgia to refrain from passing a controversial 'foreign agents' law, but ‘forgets’ to have recently proposed a similar proposal currently under consideration #FARA #georgia

euronews.com/my-europe/2024…

In personal news this week: #guggfellows2024

The chief of European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) doesn’t mince her words. Far too little is done to fight corruption and crime, criticises also the EU institutions and national governments. #EPPO has very quickly become one of the most effective EU bodies, defending the rule of law

In restoring the rule of law after eight dark years of the authoritarian PiS government, is Tusk’s government in Poland (and ⁦⁦Adam Bodnar⁩ )⁩ more like Hercules or Sisyphus? My op-ed, on the legacy of statutory lawlessness.
Hercules or Sisyphus? verfassungsblog.de/hercules-or-si…