A bit of a throwback to our 2030 vision for the European Rule of Law (including timing the annual reports more wisely and making them bigger, bolder and more comprehensive), read it here: www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...

As the European Commission published its sixth annual Rule of Law Report today, check out this report by Sergio Carrera, Julia Pocze & Davide Colombi. It argues for a radical reassessment of the EU approach & outlines 5 priorities to address its growing rule of law deficit. READ 👉 bit.ly/45ZfMnA

Kurzer persönlicher throwback als ich 2023 Annika Brockschmidt interviewt habe und ein US-Österreichischer Journalist und mittlerweile Chefredakteur diesen Ausschnitt genommen hat, um sie auf Twitter lächerlich zu machen. Ich glaub da brauchts eh keinen Kommentar mehr.

I had the pleasure of joining my @ceps.eu colleagues at @ilgaeurope.bsky.social’s #Equality Fundraiser last week. More than a very fun afterwork, it was the opportunity to connect and show my organisation’s and personal support to ILGA-Europe invaluable work! Consider supporting them!

I was happy to rep @ceps.eu at ILGA Europe's fundraiser last week with @brusselsfog.bsky.social, @jullib.bsky.social and @davidecolombi.bsky.social From Chaber's fantastic speech to drag kings, it was a life-affirming experience. If you can, please consider donating! www.ilga-europe.org/donations/

Today, an estimated 180.000 people marched in Pride in #Budapest to reclaim the right to freedom of assembly despite a government ban. Congrats to the organisers #BudapestPride and thanks to all in the community and allies who showed up with Pride!

👀🇨🇳 Despite Viktor Orbán’s ban, Budapest Pride drew a record 100–200K in a city of 1.7M. Marchers defied threats, but new Chinese facial recognition tech was deployed—potentially enabling (up to) €500 fines for participants. A police van with cameras was parked to record everyone passing by.

In this year's Budapest Pride, the spirit of Stonewall lives on. Pride is more than a celebration: it's about standing up to oppressors and never giving up on justice and equality. Proud of my hometown - thank you to the organisers and everyone who refused to back down! Time's up, Viktor!

This is a good idea and more people should champion it. You don't stop being a citizen because you're incarcerated. In fact, we should be making every effort to ensure people in prison know that they will always be part of society.

I’m inspired by the words of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the winner of last night’s mayoral primary election in New York City. Our system may be under attack by Big Money and demagogues, but let his victory serve as a reminder that power belongs to the people.

Should EU law, or national law, take precedence in the event of a conflict? Analysis by Dr Benedikt Riedl, in two parts Part 1 - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/nati... Part 2 - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/nati...

📢⚖️ In our new episode of Voices From Ideas Lab, Tom Parker is joined with Sergio Carrera to discuss the fundamental rights of migrants and the consequences of a lack of law enforcement. 🎥 WATCH HERE: bit.ly/4k0JQm6 🎧 LISTEN HERE: bit.ly/3ZARs7x

🔴 LIVE NOW / Our event with the Network of Afghanistan Diaspora Organisations in Europe (NADOE) and the support of the City of Brussels has kicked off! Kristine Hansen, NADOE's Network Coordinator for Scandinavia is providing her opening remarks LEARN MORE 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/...

🔴 LIVE NOW / Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar, postdoctoral researcher at VUB, is now providing an overview of the 45 years of war and instability in Afghanistan and its impact on the diaspora abroad.

🔴 LIVE NOW / Our panel discussion has started! Our speakers will bridge their lived experiences to a broader discussion on EU-level integration efforts.

On #WorldRefugeeDay, dive into our final ASILE project book on Global Asylum Governance and the EU's Role. It analyses the characteristics and impacts of existing and emerging asylum governance instruments & their practical implementation in selected countries. 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...

Federal courts have eliminated the right for tribal nations in North Dakota to fight discriminatory election laws, declaring only the Attorney General can sue under the VRA. Meanwhile, Trump's DOJ has abandoned enforcement of voter protections for marginalized groups: boltsmag.org/voting-right...

You can't ban love. You can't ban freedom. You can't silence a rainbow. 🌈 And despite the ban ordered by PM Viktor Orbán, the Budapest Pride will go ahead. To queer communities in Hungary and across Europe: We see you, we support you, and we will not stay silent. ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧ See you at the Pride 💚

Shameful from the EPP - the same group who vehemently opposes the 'ethics body', even in its watered-down form and generally resists calls for stricter ethical/transparency rules for MEPs. Let's then investigate their 'occult' ties to various big corporations, shall we?

European Commissioner for Equality Hadja Lahbib will next week attend Budapest Pride, an LGBTQ+ celebration that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has tried to ban.

🚨NEW: the European Parliament will set up a working group to probe EU-funded NGOs, in move that saw the EPP side once again with the right-wing and far-right groups. W/ @maxgriera.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...

T.H. marked an unspoken first at the ECtHR: it involved a non-binary applicant. The Court found that sterilisation as a precondition for legal gender recognition violates Article 8. SARAH OUŘEDNÍČKOVÁ and ZUZANA VIKARSKÁ explain what's amiss. verfassungsblog.de/th-czech-non...

⚡️🏳️‍🌈After Viktor Orbán’s government passed an anti-LGBT law to ban the Pride march in Hungary, Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony announced the city will officially organize Budapest Pride as a municipal event on June 28. This means the ban won’t apply: police can’t disperse the crowd or issue fines.

Budapest has such an amazing and courageous mayor. Fighting for equal rights and freedoms for everyone, he has decided to organise the #BudapestPride on behalf of the municipality. Preventing Orbán from refusing a permit, arresting or fining participants. Gergely Karácsony is a real democrat!

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

The EU’s Schengen zone isn’t the young and sprightly free-travel area it once was. Temporary border controls are becoming a fixture in the EU’s borderless travel area.

Orbán’s repression is forcing the EU to develop new legal arguments, namely that the EU requires its member states to be “constitutional democracies that protect human rights” I wrote about Advocate General Ćapeta’s opinion here for @tvpworld.bsky.social tvpworld.com/87237168/opi...

Gebietet das unionale Normwiederholungsverbot Zurückhaltung bei der Umsetzung der GEAS-Reform? CONSTANTIN HRUSCHKA stellt klar: Die Komplexität der Reform spricht für eine umfassende nationale Gesetzgebung, um praktische Wirksamkeit und Normenklarheit zu gewährleisten.

Vote delayed ≠ threat gone The proposed law targeting civil society, media, and democracy groups isn't dead—it's just on pause. The political intent to silence watchdogs remains crystal clear. lens.civicus.org/interview/th...

We presented these findings to the Commission in a closed-door meeting with @picumofficial.bsky.social - after which the MORE Project was mentioned in the draft regulation with the claim that we were 'consulted'. Unsurprisingly, most of our findings and recommendations were not actually considered.

Happy to share that a policy brief on the undignified treatment of non-returnable, irregularised migrants that Sergio Carrera and I wrote back in February (before the new draft Return Regulation was presented) is finally available! @ceps.eu Read it here: www.moreproject-horizon.eu/sdc_download...

The Hungarian government’s relentless assault to weaken fundamental rights and rule of law protections and sincere cooperation is compelling the EU to transform Article 2 [of the EU Treaties] core values from aspirations into binding legal obligations. @garvanwalshe.org tvpworld.com/87237168/opi...

I don't follow football, but after Qatar and all the reports of violence and systemic human rights abuses, no one should be surprised that FIFA has zero qualms about hosting their biggest event in any country, irrespective of its track record, as long as it pays them enough under table.

A possible final legal battle enabling the European Union to join the European Convention of Human Rights is set to take place on Thursday.

The upbeat tone of the @ec.europa.eu implementation report on the Migration Package seems rather incongruous with the grim reality on the ground. The report would be much more useful if it contained a detailed overview of the implementation by member state.

Tusk wins vote of confidence in Polish parliament – Europe live

Recent legal reforms under the Meloni government have further weakened anti-corruption efforts

EU Commission reports on the state of play on implementing the EU asylum pact press release ec.europa.eu/commission/p... main documents home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/state-play-i...

Good morning! Europe is not immune to the rise of corruption, a new study finds 👇 www.ftm.eu/articles/cri...

#WeekInReview 🏳️‍🌈 CJEU: HU anti-LGBT law violates EU rights bit.ly/4kXcchR @ilgaeurope.bsky.social 🛑 @fra.europa.eu warns HU endangers civic freedoms bit.ly/3HByBmz 🚨 PL election threatens abortion rights bit.ly/43QSDRs 📢 @eucivicforum.bsky.social Report crackdown on civil society in EU bit.ly/3SG3hW6

Sad but not surprising. Even without Trump, properly taxing big tech and all other corporate overlords should be a no-brainer. As long as EU institutions remain beholden to the anti-regulatory, profit-crazed whims of big corporations, they can't properly represent and protect European people.

EU holds back on taxing US Big Tech

Fantastischer Beitrag zum Thema Rechtsschutz unter dem neuen GEAS (CEAS)! Die Reform behandelt Grundrechte und rechtsstaatliche Prinzipien nur subsidiär zugunsten einer falschen Idee der 'Effizienz' – das ist mit dem Primärrecht unvereinbar, was auch der Kommission bewusst ist.

Media history in Hungary: Valasz Online (a high-quality crowdfunded online magazine launched in 2018) published an exclusive interview with Volodymyr Zelensky. He is absolutely aware that Hungarian PM Viktor Orban builds anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Hungary because of his own electoral purposes.

Advocate General Ćapeta finally delivered her Opinion on the violation of Art 2 TEU, at the heart of the pending case before the CJEU against Hungary. LENA KAISER offers critical analysis and argues: clarity is vital, but Ćapeta's standards may miss the mark. verfassungsblog.de/opinion-hung...

Ed the zebra captured after running loose for more than a week in Tennessee

The "EU data protection law goes too far" takes haven't aged well

⚙️ As clean industrial transitions expedite, how can Seoul and Brussels jointly drive the global green race?  A new report by Irina Kustova, @brusselsfog.bsky.social & Christian Dietz examines the steps towards a more robust EU-Korea Green Partnership.  READ IT HERE👉 bit.ly/43xPE1k

Obwohl das VG Berlin die Zurückweisung dreier Asylsuchender im Eilverfahren für rechtswidrig hielt, will Alexander Dobrindt an seiner Weisung festhalten. Ein Fall „exekutiven Ungehorsams“? Wir haben TILL PATRIK HOLTERHUS (@tillholterhus.bsky.social) befragt. verfassungsblog.de/der-rechtsst...

If a Muslim in the US publicly called for a missile strike on a famous celebrity activist onboard a civilian ship or plane, the FBI would be investigating them for terrorism. But a rich white guy gets to incite violence without any consequences 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽