Beyond concrete political conflicts and institutional constraints, there is a deeper concern about how a constitutional order can be restored after enduring years of authoritarian populism. A recently ...

Instead, the Court should have fully examined the complaint under Article 3, given the severity of the required medical intervention including involuntary sterilisation; an intervention that is far ...

The new technological revolution of Artificial Intelligence is now part of everyday life and will likely reaffirm US exceptionalism in the area of freedom of speech once more. The next key test for ...

Looking from T2 only backwards and never forwards to T3 risks creating an ever-receding horizon of state responsibility. If ...

To serve justice rather than power, values must be legally defined, procedurally constrained, and subject to democratic scrutiny. In pluralistic societies committed to the rule of law, this calls for ...

The security rationales for the travel ban – reducing crime and terrorism – are extremely flimsy. Immigrants from the countries in question have extremely low rates of terrorism and much lower crime ...

On the one hand, if the wealthy wield political power, they may seek to distort government programs to benefit themselves. On the other hand, they may lobby for drastic cutbacks in the fiscal size and ...

Second, we show that due to this breach, the Hungarian veto does not count, with the result that the decision can be adopted pursuant to Article 238(4) TFEU. This is no empty promise. The Court refers ...

Less than two years ago, in late 2023, when the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) government lost power, a wave of optimism swept through liberal-democratic circles in Poland. The defeat was seen – ...

“For the for foregoing reasons, I am of the view that the Court should find that […], Hungary has infringed Article 2 TEU.’ ‘This negation of values enshrined in Article 2 TEU is the impalpable ...

Die Reaktion des Auswärtigen Amtes auf die Eskalation ließ nicht lange auf sich warten. Noch am 13. Juni tagte der Krisenstab der Bundesregierung, und Außenminister Johann Wadephul äußerte sich ...

Nach den Eilentscheidungen des Berliner Verwaltungsgerichts, das die Zurückweisung von drei Asylsuchenden an der deutsch-polnischen Grenze für rechtswidrig erklärte, wurden die drei beteiligten Richte ...