Art 122 TFEU ftw 👌🏻 www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

The full list of all 18,500 children killed in Gaza, in video form. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

In peak-of-summer interview my comments to Finnish News Agency (STT) on Poland’s decision to reintroduce border checks on its German and Lithuanian borders (in 🇫🇮). 🇩🇪 🇱🇹 🇵🇱🇪🇺🚨🚔 ⚖️🎤☀️ www.ksml.fi/uutissuomala...

A very insightful piece on weaponizing and undermining the nature of 🇺🇸 legal pro bono work www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/o...

Brilliant piece-one of the best on the overall meaning of Donald Trump’s second term. verfassungsblog.de/trump-2-0-as...

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said his government is "drawing a line in the sand" over the Gaza humanitarian aid blockade, which he says goes against international humanitarian law. #EuropeNews

European Parliament and the power of the purse 🇪🇺💶 👛 www.euractiv.com/section/defe...

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

New publication! 🇪🇺⚖️🔔 I recently published in Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law (MJECL, open access) the piece "Bolstering federal execution of EU law: Case C-123/22 Commission v. Hungary (Reception of applicants for international protection II)" 🧵 1/3

In our lifetime, it’s never been as easy to know where the right side of history is www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...

And today #EU Court of Justice did just that 👌🏻✨ A very important judgment! curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.

The ⁦EU Court of Justice‬⁩ will have a wonderful opportunity to empower the #EU #citizenship in its upcoming judgment while condemning the system of the Maltese ‘golden’ passports, the corrupt character of which is well laid out by ⁦‪@FT‬⁩ #EUlaw 🇪🇺⚖️ www.ft.com/content/b6ac...

’Governments consistently fail to recognise “that a citizen with a legal problem needs to be treated, like somebody with a health problem”’ www.ft.com/content/1db3...

Not only does this entire article send shivers up my spine, but I learned this morning that Clay was also fired from his job after this article came out. slate.com/news-and-pol...

An incredibly outspoken, powerful opinion that deserves to be read first-hand

NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

Professor criticizes various judicial behavior: Gets accused by right-wing judges and commentators of jeopardizing judicial independence and even provoking death threats against specific federal judges. Speaker of the House proposes dismantling federal courts: Crickets.

The Trump administration's assault on the rule of law is increasingly focusing on institutions of knowledge and law. VICKI C. JACKSON (@harvard.edu) on a "multipronged attack", why knowledge institutions are crucial for democracies - and why it is time to resist. verfassungsblog.de/education-de...

A must read from the incomparable @tribelaw www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again. This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

How to uphold #primacy of #EU law? Increasingly the answer in practice has been: via offsetting. I wrote an Op-Ed for EU Law Live on this! Open access for the next few days: eulawlive.com/op-ed-guaran...

Trump administration assumes wartime powers (Alien Enemies Act 1798) for internal peacetime policies (immigration). What could possibly go wrong? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

International or constitutional currents? My talk (in 🇫🇮) *The Finnish Legal Order and the Currents of European Integration: From Free Trade to Federative Constitution* at Finnish Lawyers’ Association Feb event is available here (from 1’04”56): tinyurl.com/4c3rs343 🇪🇺🇫🇮⚖️🌊🎤🎥 #EU #constitutionallaw

One prosecutor is standing up against the destruction of democracy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Thank you all for joining the book launch of 'The Dynamics of Powers in the European Union' co-edited by Päivi L-S, Christina Eckes and Anna Wallerman. And thanks to the great discussants @jekantol.bsky.social , @pekkapohjankoski.bsky.social, @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu, Joni Heliskoski.

As #fathersday approaches, our book on The #RuleOfLaw’s Anatomy in the #EU is now available also in *paperback*! 🎁📚👴🇪🇺⚖️ www.bloomsbury.com/us/rule-of-l...

I wrote an Op-Ed for EU Law Live on the Medel judgment and who has locus standi to plead the ‘general good’ before the #ECJ 🇪🇺⚖️ eulawlive.com/op-ed-standi...

Outside my temporary home office for #Christmas the avocados and oranges are ripening 🥑 🍊🎅🏻 #Porto

Finland recently closed its land border crossing points with Russia given its reported instrumentalization of migrants. PEKKA POHJANKOSKI on the difficulty of heeding national security concerns while upholding the right to asylum in this context. verfassungsblog.de/a-borderline...

I wrote down some thoughts on the legal issues regarding the instrumentalization of #migrants on #Finland’s eastern #border for @Verfassungsblog Ajatuksia #itäraja n maahantulotilanteen oikeudellisista haasteista ⚖️ 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇷🇺