EU Values - “The Strongest Metals are Forged in the Crucible: Why are EU Values Binding?” -the final contribution to EU Law Live Symposium on the CJEU’s judgment in Commission v. Hungary (C-769/22) eulawlive.com/op-ed-the-st...

EU Values and International Law - new book of interest now out which includes 'tracing the historical and philosophical foundations of European values, both from a historical perspective and through comparative legal analysis'. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

If you’re looking for European alternatives to WhatsApp or Messenger with E2EE here are some ideas: • Threema (Switzerland) • Wire (Switzerland/Germany) • Element / Matrix (UK) • Olvid (France) Check other alternatives made in Europe 👉🏽

"Immer mehr Menschen spüren, dass die EU so nicht funktioniert. Aber sie machen nicht die Blockaden durch nationale Regierungen dafür verantwortlich, sondern suchen im Nationalismus die Rettung." Was Robert Menasse sagt. Ab 6. Mai im Handel: www.oekom.de/buch/das-bes...

“Defending democracy is different than defending the status quo [..] we defend democracy best by trying to improve it and not simply by calling any critic an enemy.[..] In my view, unhappy are the lands that need an enemy to know who they are. Europe is not simply the anti-Russia and should not be.”

My first podcast is on the ECJ-case against Hungary on European Values. In view of the ECJ's verdict on 21/04/26 Antoine Bailleux and I discuss the increasing use of values before the ECJ (and the risks). Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6Y23... Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/s...

On 21/04, the European Court of Justice will rule in a historic case: European Commission against Hungary, over anti‑LGBT laws. In our podcast, Wim Weymans speaks with UCLouvain European law professor Antoine Bailleux. #European_values #Hungary #ECJ #Orban #LGBTQ+ fcee.podbean.com/e/antoine_ba...

1/ The starting point: Orbán did not build an illiberal democracy. He built an authoritarian regime: an illiberal kleptocracy with institutional cover.

I am proud to be Hungarian. We were able to bring down a massive, seemingly invincible authoritarian regime. Honestly? I can hardly believe it. Thanks to everyone who helped us do this in Europe and elsewhere 🙏🏻

The EU is sitting on €6.4 *billion* in grants for Hungary With a likely constitutional majority enabling Magyar to govern with a freehand, I suspect that money will flow quickly Ukraine's €90bn loan will also be approved Hungary will now move into the European mainstream

[Event] The Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB welcomes you to the seminar : 'Cultural War or Mimetic Conflict? Illiberalism as Legitimacy in Contemporary Europe. With Harald Wydra (University of Cambridge) Wednesday, the 8th of April at 12:00 Kant Room F.D. Roosevelt Av, 39, 1050 Bxl

Why, when, and how did #europeanvalues over their rivals as a tool to legitimize the European project? Find out in this new essay "Young and Ambivalent. A New Look at the Recent Rise of European Values, Their History, Precursors and Critics" (open access) www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

✊ Hoe werd popmuziek een instrument voor verzet in Oost-Europa? Peter Vermeersch volgde jonge muzikanten in Belarus. Hij vertelt over zijn reis. https://loom.ly/plbrxE0 🤝 @paxchristivl.bsky.social @uitgeverijsu.bsky.social

Save the date: Our Conference "Re-Visions of history in right-wing populism and the far right. European and global perspectives" 📆 8-10 September 2025 📍 Schumannstr. 8, 1017 Berlin The conference is a collaboration with @boell.de and @maxweberstiftung.de Register: calendar.boell.de/en/event/re-...

New publication, open access: Happy to see this last and maybe most important article of my PhD research published. I argue that liberal democracies cannot require 'shared values', neither of migrants (only), as is the case for the integration requirement... (1/4) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bart Verheijen: Het zoeken naar zondebokken zal de democratie blijvend beschadigen www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...

'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/...

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? 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

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...

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.

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

👆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.

🚨🚨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

[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-...

What will Le Pen's conviction do to the 2027 French presidential race? tocqueville21.com/blog-info/le...

📣Call for Chapters: Navigating European Values Under Pressure Book editors: @markusquandt.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social Kseniya Kizilova @rucsandra.bsky.social Provide an abstract of no more than 500 words by 31.05.2025

📢 Next Monday I will be talking about my work on State-sponsored historical commissions at the Post-War Memory Seminar at ISPOLE at UCLouvain. Come join us!

[Event] The Institut d'études européennes ULB welcomes you to the seminar: «Political narratives of immigration in comparison» With Virgine Guiraudon (Sciences Po) Thursday the 13th of March at 14h00 Sappak Room Franklin Roosevelt Av. 39 1050 Brussels