Chair in European Values (UCLouvain)

'Democratie is niet iets hinderlijks op het pad van sterk leiderschap en goed bestuur. Het maakt er integraal deel van uit.'

👉 Mijn opinie in De Tijd via www.tijd.be/opinie/colum...

EU ROL - New JCMS article of interest out 'Money Talks? The Effectiveness of Sanctions in the ‘Rule of Law’ Conflict in the European Union'
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Inside Asylum Appeals: Access, Participation and Procedure in Europe Appeals are a crucial part of Europe’s asylum system but they remain poorly understood. Building on insights and perspectives from legal geography and socio-legal studies, this book shines a light on ...

Another recent open-access book some will find interesting: Inside Asylum Appeals by Nick Gill and others. It's a comparative study involving observations of appeal hearings + research interviews covering Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy and the UK. www.routledge.com/Inside-Asylu...

Hongarije schendt de waarden van artikel 2 van het EU-verdrag. Belangrijke conclusie van de advocaat-generaal bij het Hof van Justitie. Definitief arrest in het najaar curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...

De EU onder druk: kan Brussel Hongarije nog in de pas laten lopen? | VRT NWS: nieuws Kan Hongarije blijven dwarsliggen in de Europese Unie of krijgt de Commissie deze week meer munitie van het Europees Hof van Justitie? Het is uitkijken naar de conclusie van de advocaat-generaal donde...

De EU onder druk: kan Brussel Hongarije nog in de pas laten lopen?
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

[Event]
The Institut d'études européennes ULB welcomes you to the Book pre-launch Debate: 'What do judges do, and how do they perceive their role when democracy is under strain?'

June the 5th at 5pm.

[Média]
«Mémoire, histoire, symboles : à la recherche du récit européen»
Une interview de François Foret, Professeur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), à Ouest France.
www.ouest-france.fr/europe/debat...

20 out of the 27 EU countries today signed a declaration condemning Viktor Orban's ban on pride parades in Hungary.

The map very much resembles the old iron curtain divide, with the glaring exception of 🇮🇹Italy which has joined with Hungary and 5 other Eastern European countries in refusing to sign.

#SaveTheDate
Le 26 mai 2025, nous explorons la désobéissance sous toutes ses formes, du Moyen Âge à nos jours !
10ᵉ journée d’étude #ModerNum à la KBR (Bruxelles).
Programme & inscriptions : modernum.hypotheses.org/je2025
#histoire #recherche #colloque

Call for Papers | Centre for European Law and Internationalisation - CELI Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR  PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th ...

Interested in The Rule of Law, Multi-layered Human Rights Protection and Constitutional Resilience? Then this conference and CALL FOR PAPERS 👇(to mark the 75th anniversary of the ECHR (and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission) might be for you. www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...

You are warmly invited to this important lecture on #university #education in #urkaine:

📅 Date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025
🕕 Time: 18:00
📍 Location: Kleine Aula 00.15, Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven

Registration is now open!
Scan the QR code on the poster or use this link: lnkd.in/eHujaUGKhttp...

YouTube video by IWMVienna A Speech to Europe 2025 - Lea Ypi: “Migration and Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century”

In this year's Speech to Europe, @leaypi.bsky.social tackled the crisis of political belonging and the projection of systemic failure onto those denied inclusion.

Watch one of this week's most popular IWM YouTube videos here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RPW...

New EU ROL/constititional crisis book of interest to add to the reading list - 'Saving the European Union from its Illiberal Member States' www.waterstones.com/book/saving-...

Thanks for the article. As many say at these days "We are not America!". Europe remains based on social values and its excellence remains research on society and humanities as a proud seal of civilisation.

Timothy Garton Ash: "Der Westen als geopolitischer Akteur existiert nicht mehr" - Interview mit Timothy Garton Ash - Die ganze Doku | ARTE Timothy Garton Ash ist einer der bekanntesten europäischen Historiker, Professor am St. Antony's College in Oxford und in Stanford. Der Großteil seiner Arbeit als Historiker (und als Journalist) befas...

If you have 25 minutes on VE weekend do yourself a favour and listen to this Arte interview (in 🇬🇧) with colleague @fromtga.bsky.social on where we are in Europe.

If we're serious about learning from history, we should know that Europe can stand the current winds and "nothing in life is inevitable".

We nodigen u graag uit voor de boekvoorstelling van Polsslag, het nieuwe boek van Peter Vermeersch.

22 Mei 2025, 19:30 (deuren),
Campus Corso, Diestestraat 253, Leuven

R.S.V.P soc.kuleuven.be/lines/fcee/n...

Voor meer informatie over het boek, bezoek www.petervermeersch.net
#Belarus #kuleuven

[Rayonnement]
Vendredi 16 mai à 12h15, Justine Lacroix, Professeure à SciencePo ULB (Centre de théorie politique), présentera un séminaire intitulé :
«Les valeurs de l'Europe, un enjeu démocratique»
à l'invitation de l'Institut de sociologie
Salle Rokkan
12e niveau du bât. S
Av. Jeanne, 44
1050 Bxl

Journalistic Weapons Truth is up for election, and journalism is on the frontlines—can it still defend democracy in the age of AI and disinformation? The University of Bergen and Media Cluster Norway are pleased to welcom...

👆Truth is up for election & #journalism is on the frontlines—can it still defend #democracy in the age of #AI & disinformation?
This event will bring together voices from European newsrooms, academia & policy.
📅When?
Monday 28.04, 12.30–19.00
📍Where?
Norway House,Brussels
www.uib.no/en/brussels-...

[Activité]
Le REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale vous invite au séminaire
«La Trahison des mots. Notes sur le langage abîmé de la guerre de Gaza».
Avec Didier Fassin (Professeur au Collège de France)
Le 14 mai à 12h00
Auditoire Lallemand.

MEPs call for EU court to suspend Hungary’s Pride ban Visiting delegation find ‘hostile atmosphere’ for LGBTQ+ people and say country heading in ‘wrong direction’

🚨🚨A delegation of EU lawmakers visiting Hungary has called on @ec.europa.eu to bring an action before the CJEU to suspend a new law banning Budapest Pride, as they criticised a “very hostile atmosphere” for LGBTQ+ people in the country. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Recent EU ROL book of interest - 'Judicial Review, Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law -The Construction of the European Constitutional Identity'
www.routledge.com/Judicial-Rev...

[Event]
The Cevipol and the Institute for European Studies welcome you to the seminar:
«What Narrative for Europe? Taking Stock and Looking Ahead»
With Antoine Bailleux, Matin Deleixhe, François Foret & Didier Georgiakakis
Wednesday the 16th of April at 14:00
Spaak Room
Roosevelt av., 39
1050 Bxl

L'Europe à l'ULB - Conférence-débat avec Étienne Balibar "L’impossible possibilité de la fédération européenne : hier, aujourd’hui, demain"

[Activité] Journée de l'Europe à l'ULB
Conférence-Débat 'L'impossible possibilité de la fédération européenne: hier, aujourd'hui, demain'
Avec Etienne Balibar, professeur émérite à Paris X-Nanterre
Discutant: Martin Deleixhe, professeur à SciencePo ULB (CTP/IEE)
www.iee-ulb.eu/evenements/c...

On 14/4 I will give a talk in Brussels, presenting my @hertieschool.bsky.social Enderlein Fellowship research.

Central question: Where Union law mentions “democracy”, what meaning(s) can we infer from that (and why care)?

Interested?

You can still register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Dernière chance pour s’inscrire à la « soirée littéraire »! Ce soir à la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique. Il y aura de la musique, de l’art graphique et des petits fours (et des sciences sociales)

Départ pour la Belgique pour une semaine d'interventions et de rencontres à l'UC Louvain, la @rtbf.be, @etopia.bsky.social et la Bibliothèque royale de Bruxelles.

Faites-moi signe si vous êtes dans les parages!

📅 22 May 2025, Leuven
The Art of Resistance: Belarus Five Years On | 13:00
Join artists, activists, and researchers reflecting on the power of art in resistance.
Book Launch: Polsslag | 19:30
Peter Vermeersch discusses music as resistance.
📍 Campus Corso, Diestsestraat 253
Details soon!
#Belarus

Postdocs in Louvain-la-Neuve, one of the best places to be!
www.uclouvain.be/fr/hoover/fe...

Prof. Derrick Wyatt argues in @verfassungsblog.de
that the proposal I developed with @merijnchamon.bsky.social to expel autocratic states from the EU (collective withdrawal using Article 50 TEU) should be used to 'walk out on Hungary to stand up to Russia'.

verfassungsblog.de/walking-out-...