Benedetta Lobina

Check out my latest take on the rule of law situation in Italy, this time looking at the proposed judicial reforms👇⚖️🇮🇹

01.05.2025 09:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Calling all PhDs in Dublin (and beyond)!

On March 27, @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social will have the pleasure to welcome Professor @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD mixer and methodology masterclass🎓

More info below👇

12.03.2025 16:58 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

Check it out!👇

31.08.2024 10:19 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Hot off the press, check out my case note on the ECtHR judgement in Watchdog Polska v Poland
👉 uk.westlaw.com/Document/ID3...

26.08.2024 11:11 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Same Old, Same Old: Nothing New for the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue Following the General Affairs Council on 12 December 2023, the Spanish presidency issued its conclusions on the evaluation of the Annual Rule of Law Dialogue (ARoLD). The overly positive assessment th...

This week, the Spanish EU Council presidency issued its conclusions on the evaluation of the Annual Rule of Law Dialogue.

BENEDETTA LOBINA on misplaced praise and ensuring the dialogue's continued futility.

verfassungsblog.de/same-old-sam...

15.12.2023 13:10 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

My latest working paper is out now on SSRN!

The article takes stock of the RoL in Malta🇲🇹 and the many singular ways in which the system diverges from Art 2 TEU values🇪🇺

Read here👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

15.12.2023 08:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m very curious to see what will come out of discussions in the Council scheduled this week and what possible changes the Spanish Presidency’s Conclusions to be drawn from the questionnaire will introduce👀

11.12.2023 17:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you want to see the more detailed spreadsheet, feel free to dm me (looks a little like this👇, can’t save it in better resolution bc it’s bigger than my pc can handle😂)

11.12.2023 17:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I didn’t mention all the MS in the post, but I made this borderline insane graphic to show what position they took vis-à-vis each question and also which questions/proposals were more controversial v generally agreed upon

11.12.2023 17:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My take is that answers show a distinct lack of coherence, purpose and accountability, which has made this instrument useless from the start and doesn’t promise well for its future

11.12.2023 17:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Beating a Dead Horse: Is There Any Value in the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue? With the view of potentially revising how the EU Council’s Annual Rule of Law, the Spanish Presidency of the Council had sent out a “questionnaire for the Member States on the evaluation of the Co...

ICYMI- check out my @verfassungsblog.de post on the MS’ answers to the Spanish Presidency’s questionnaire on the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue

👉 t.co/Bbtw1hAkvg

11.12.2023 17:23 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Delighted to have taken part in a very informative Una Europa Global Governance Research Group conference at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. I look forward to publishing my paper next year⚖️🌍🇪🇺

11.12.2023 10:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beating a Dead Horse: Is There Any Value in the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue? With the view of potentially revising how the EU Council’s Annual Rule of Law, the Spanish Presidency of the Council had sent out a “questionnaire for the Member States on the evaluation of the Co...

The EU Council is considering revising its Annual Rule of Law Dialogue.

BENEDETTA LOBINA discusses the added value of this discursive and secretive tool in the EU's rule of law framework.

verfassungsblog.de/beating-a-de...

07.12.2023 13:17 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

👋thanks for the invite!

29.11.2023 19:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0