On the QMV threshold, check the Council voting calculator: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-e...

About the Commission proposal to suspend the trade-related aspects of the Association Agreement with #Israel (by QMV) and #sanctions against extremist ministers, settlers and Hamas (by unanimity) ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Significant judgment - #CJEU annuls a Commission decision approving aid from #Hungary for the development of new nuclear reactors under a construction contract with a Russian company that was awarded without public tender procedure #EUlaw curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...

Almost rare these days - a statement regarding Russia signed by all 27 EU member states, thus including Hungary. This explicitly names Russia as the aggressor regarding Poland, vows further support to Ukraine and declared full solidarity with Poland. I guess not even Orban dared block this.

The General Court upholds the restrictive measures against Roman Abramovich (T-1195/23) #EUlaw #sanctions curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

Important news at #SOTEU : the European Commission will propose #EU sanctions against #Israel

Hoe academische onafhankelijkheid moet buigen voor diplomatieke overwegingen - boekvoorstelling aan Egmont Instituut uitgesteld op vraag Ministerie van Buitenlandse zaken wegens gevoeligheid voor relaties met #Rwanda www.standaard.be/buitenland/l...

About #sanctions against #Israel: Belgium announced an import ban on products from illegal settlements, a review of public procurement policies with Israeli companies and restrictions on consular assistance to Belgians living in illegal settlements ... www.politico.eu/article/belg...

When politics trumps (WTO) law ... #EU #USA #WTO

Puzzled about Von der Leyen's presence at the meeting in view Article 15 (6) TEU, which allocates the task of external representation in #CFSP matters to the European Council President... eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/treaty/t...

Applications for the doctoral course "Belarus as a Crucial Case of Wider Regional and Global Trends: Perspectives on Politics, Society, History, Law and Culture" are open until October 1. 🌍 Ghent University, Belgium 🗓️ 21-24 October 2025 All details are here: www.ugent.be/ps/politieke...

Belgium supports the Commission's proposal for a partial suspension of Israel's participation to Horizon Europe and calls for additional measures to ensure full humanitarian access to #Gaza www.standaard.be/politiek/voo...

More on the Commission's proposal for a partial suspension of Israel's association to Horizon Europe: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

More than 10 years after Opinion 2/13, the European Commission decided to request a new #CJEU Opinion on the compatibility of the revised draft agreement on the EU's accession to the #ECHR with #EUlaw www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

🚨 On the agenda of today's EU Commission meeting: proposal to partly suspend Israel from the EU Horizon research programme (Would need qualified majority vote of Member States)

Towards a modernisation of the #EU #Ukraine trade relationship, illustrating the resilience of the Association Agreement (1/2) ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

#EUCO conclusions with (again) a separate document on #Ukraine - supported by 26 Member States (without Hungary) www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

OMG, what a world to live in ... #Rutte #Trump #NATO #embarrassing

Important news from #Belarus www.euronews.com/2025/06/21/e...

Nine #EU Member States ask the Commission to take action following the ICJ Advisory Opinion regarding the Policies and Practices of #Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (1/2) www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

Boosting competitiveness and resilience - the EU's buzzwords applied to wine #santé

Call for papers for the 10th Geneva Jean Monnet Doctoral Workshop - EU External Action in a Shifting World Order : Legal and Institutional Dynamics (Ghent, 17-18 November 2025) Submission of abstracts before 15 July 2025 ceje.ch/fr/agenda/co...

Join us at the Ljubljana #Sanctions Conference 🗓️ Date: 25-26 September 2025 📍 Place: Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana 📄 Programme: sanctions.upol.cz 👉Registration lnkd.in/ddnmynFx

Full text available in 23 official EU languages - recommended reading - about the legal significance of #EU #values, the crossing of red lines and why Hungary's anti-LGBTQ-law is not just another infringement of its EU law obligations ... curia.europa.eu/juris/liste....

Important Opinion in relation to #sanctions against #Russia and the conditions for targeting leading business persons.

A long-awaited Opinion #EU #values #Hungary

The European Commission proposes an extension of the temporary protection regime for Ukrainian refugees until 4 March 2027, together with measures for a coordinated transition out of this status #Ukraine #EU ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Interesting week ahead, with the AG Opinion on Hungary's anti-LGBTIQ+law, formally a case about 'EU values & child protection' (C-769/22) #Hungary #EUlaw #values curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

About the state of the Union... #EU #values #democracy "Despite broad support to the text in the General Affairs Council, the Ministers did not reach a consensus on the document. The presidency decided to issue the text as presidency conclusions supported by 25 Member States"

7 years of Article 7 proceedings & media coverage still inaccurate: Today's (toothless) hearing i) not about whether to strip Orban of its EU voting rights - sanctioning arm of Art 7 not activated and ii) not about moving to the sanctioning arm of the procedure verfassungsblog.de/is-article-7...

EU citizenship is not for sale according to this important #CJEU judgment. - The exercise of Member State competences on granting nationality must comply with #EUlaw. - EU citizenship is based on solidarity and mutual trust, which precludes the commercialisation of #citizenship

The article, written with @deconinckjoyce.bsky.social, on Human Rights Respectful Trade, is available in the Berkeley Journal of International Law - a contribution to the debate about the role of human rights clauses in EU trade agreements #EU #humanrights #trade lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/13134...

Now waiting for (re)actions from @ec.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu... On broader background, EU's double standards and EU political/legal remedies following Orban's withdrawal from ICC, see @vanelsuwege.bsky.social's @verfassungsblog.de post verfassungsblog.de/how-hungarys...

🚨Call for papers – CLEER conference 2025 The shifting dynamics in EU foreign policy challenge the balance between intergovernmental and supranational actors. The conference invites papers that explore and evaluate on this evolving institutional landscape. Submit your abstract before 30 April 2025.

My comments @verfassungsblog.de on Hungary's announced withdrawal from the #ICC, how this leads to double standards and why this is a problem under #EU law and policy 👇

Het bezoek van #Netahyahu aan #Orban is geen realpolitik maar een bewuste provocatie die de pijlers waarop de #EU is gebaseerd verder ondermijnt www.standaard.be/opinies/het-...

About Hungary's unilateral withdrawal from the International Criminal Court: (once again) acting against its duty of sincere cooperation as an EU Member State and its concomitant duty to respect and support the development of international law #Hungary #ICC #EU

About #Hungary and its unilateral withdrawal from the #ICC: another violation of its duty of sincere cooperation under #EUlaw - acting against the text and spirit of Council Decision 2011/168/CFSP eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...

"The pattern of apparent breaches of international law documented in this blogpost should concern all who value the international rules-based order." #Trump

Important message in view of yesterday's US-Russia brokered Black Sea ceasefire deal #sanctions

New judgment about the EU's broadcasting ban, building upon the earlier judgment in RT France v. Council (T‑125/22) #Russia #sanctions

Interesting developments in #Armenia. A citizen's initiative resulted in the adoption of a law on launching the country's EU accession process ... www.politico.eu/article/arme...

As part of the #BlackSea deal, the US "will help restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions"... (1/2) www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

I was asked to fact check whether #Canada can apply to join the #EU. The short answer is no, as explained here www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

The roll-over of EU #sanctions against Russian individuals and entities got approved... - 4 de-listings but Mr. Fridman still on the list... - next episode within a few months when another set of sanctions has to be extended... www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

A threat about the curious case of Mikhail Fridman, Russian oligarch and co-founder of Alfa-Bank, and his long-term efforts to be released from the EU's #sanctions list...

The roll-over of #EU #sanctions is again on the agenda - deadline is 15 March, requiring a unanimous #CFSP decision ...

Interesting format of the #EUCO conclusions, which are adopted by consensus (Art. 15(4) TEU). - There are 2 parts (Part I on #Ukraine; Part II on European #defence). - Part I refers to a document (EUCO 10/25) that is only supported by 26 Member States. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

A creative formula for the #EUCO conclusions, with a text supported by 26 Heads of State or Government...

Gradual integration in practice: #Moldova and #NorthMacedonia join the Single Euro Payments Area eu4moldova.eu/european-com...