Always remarkable how supposed papers of record fall prey to usual patterns of political discourse. As per usual, this piece depicts (if implicitly) the #EU’s Single Market as an incomplete imitation of a barrier-free #US market. This conventional wisdom is deeply misleading. 1/

What should the EU do about #Hungary? 🇪🇺🇭🇺 New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out! We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be. 🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...

Ep. 1 in our mini-series on #Hungary 🇭🇺 is out! Too often we ask what's feasible, rather than what's right, when it comes #RoL enforcement in the #EU. Tune in for a 🎙️ w/ @ascherz.bsky.social about what “doing the right thing” could look like. 🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...

What should the EU do about Hungary? Vlad Makszimov interviews Antoinette Scherz in the latest episode of Arena Europa. Listen to the episode and read more here 🔗 www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...

At at 08:30 on Wednesday 27/8, we have the panel “Courts and Their Counterparts” chaired by @vmakszimov.bsky.social and Julián Manzano Gómez and with presentations by @vmakszimov.bsky.social, Julián Manzano Gómez, @hamriklukas.bsky.social, and @petrhrebenar.bsky.social! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Good morning #ecprgc25! 🌄 We have another day of great Politics of Law and Courts papers. First out is @vmakszimov.bsky.social with his excellent paper on judicial responsiveness to legal elites!

Today, Budapest won. A special thank you to all foreign friends who showed us what true solidarity looks like ✊🏳️‍🌈 The lessons are clear — Don’t be afraid. The emperor has no clothes.

So by standing w/ Hungarians marching despite threat of govt sanctions at #BudapestPride, the @ec.europa.eu apparently means standing for a photo-op after the presser today, and not standing in the streets tomorrow. 1/

Sadly, I was right. In Act III of the litigation saga over the NGO-led 🌈 March (scheduled same day as BUD Pride), the HU Supreme Court (Kúria) sided w/ the police. Court: 👮 "complied with its obligation to establish and justify facts required by the earlier annulment ruling". 🧵👇 1/

Fascinating critical response from the semi-captured Hungarian Supreme Court #Kúria to propaganda media coverage of its decision, striking down police ban on a Budapest "mini-pride" 🔗 kuria-birosag.hu/hu/sajto/kur... More info and musings 👇 1/8

IUROPA (www.iuropa.pol.gu.se) joins forces with UCL and Nuffield College to organise an Early Career Researcher workshop on Social Science Approaches to Law and Courts. Apply by 31 March with @icuervo.bsky.social!