It such a pleasure to rediscover the joy of writing and research after the close of another teaching period

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

This week in Germany, a court ruled that the rejection of three migrants at the German border violated EU law. The interior minister, supported by the chancellor, sees no reason to change his policy. The judges on the case are facing defamation and threats.

Worrying development for the rule of law.

Will we need to start bringing consent forms to every interview? Read the first editorial of our new editor-in-chief Wendy Degens:

www.observantonline.nl/english/Home...

Zitatkachel der Autorin Silvia Steininger mit dem Inhalt: "From the publication of the letter [...] to its populist tone and lack of legal clarity, it is apparent that the letter is not sufficient to account for an actual attempt at institutional reform (so far)."

Nine member states have launched a direct attack on the ECtHR and its migration and asylum standards.

SILVA STEININGER (@silviasteininger.bsky.social‬) asks: What are human rights for, if not to protect the rights of foreign criminals?

verfassungsblog.de/letter-human...

EU-Israel deal: Why Dutch succeeded where Ireland failed Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief will instruct the EU's diplomatic arm to carry out a review of the EU-Israel agreement, a small step in relative terms. But why did the Dutch request succeed...

www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

EU member states support review over EU-Israel agreement A clear majority of EU member states has supported a Dutch proposal for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, RTÉ News understands.

A clear majority of EU member states has supported a Dutch proposal for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, RTÉ News understands

Touché, of course this is also true

Also maybe we need to reopen the question of multiple judgments for the CJEU? If we saw a majority reach the same outcome via varied reasoning, it could help in cases like this & boost legitimacy rather than undermine

Some people seem to dislike the Court’s reasoning in Malta but agree CBI is (morally?) wrong. If we agree the reasoning’s weak but the outcome right (which I don’t) Q = should courts pursue (what’s seems to be) policy-orientated (moral) outcomes?

📢 Globalisation & Law Network Seminar 📢

Join tomorrow Thu 17 April (11:00–12:30 CET) for a talk by @gamzeerdemturkelli.bsky.social:

“Governing Public Goods through Multistakeholder Partnerships: Human Rights Accountability and Beyond”

📍 Online/InPerson
🔗 Register: lnkd.in/euUzzaTy

Great to have had you with us Barend!

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Submitted my passport renewal on Friday, all done online with my iPhone in 10 minutes. Checked my application status just now: Dispatched. Irish Passport Service is killing it with digitalisation.

Deportation order 'purely political' - Irish protester An Irish citizen living in Berlin, has vowed to fight their deportation order, issued following alleged actions at pro-Palestine protests.

An Irish citizen living in Berlin said a deportation order issued against them is 'purely political'.

Two Irish citizens ordered to leave Germany over pro-Palestinian protests despite no convictions Lawyers say the move undermines civil liberties for EU citizens

Two Irish citizens ordered to leave Germany over pro-Palestinian protests despite no convictions.

On the radio people (commentaros & TD's) keep asking what deal have FF & FG cut with Lowry. Maybe they have a deal, I dunno. But this seems besides the point IMO

I am disconnected from Irish politics these days, but the speaking rights dispute seems about the long game? People keeps asking what deal they have with Lowry, but is it not also about demographic shifts: FF & FG continue to govern in the future by securing majorities in Dáil supported by IND's?

📢 Next Session! 📢

🔜 @filipebritobastos.bsky.social (NOVA University Lisbon), presenting his book:
📝 “Judging Composite Decision-Making: The Transformation of European Administrative Law”

📅 Date & Time: 3/04/25, 11:00 - 12:30 CET
📍 In Person & Online 💻
🔗: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/globa...

Same !! I once figured out how to do it myself, forgot, and never figured it out again

okay academic confessions: I am in this business for over a decade now and I still don't know how to do those star asterisk at your name for the bio footnote. I have to copy paste it from earlier articles, all the way going back to my first blog post from sometime like 2013 or so.

📢 Next Seminar 📢

This Thursday we welcome @barendvanleeuwen.bsky.social for a deep dive into:

📝 “Repositioning Free Movement of Services: A Substantive Perspective on the Structure and Dynamics of the Internal Market”

📅 20 March 2025 | 11:00 - 12:30 CET

🔗 More info: lnkd.in/euUzzaTy

🤓 🗣️ 📗 Check out our new blogpost looking back on the seminar with Maja Sahadzic, Ph.D., who shared insights from her ongoing research on the rule of law & technology:

www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/globali...

A lovinDublin headline: "on this day 10 years ago, Ireland legalised Class A drugs for 24 hours"

Yesterday marks 10 years since people decided constitutional remedies shouldn't get in the way of a good story, aka the Court of Appeal judgment in Bederev.

Petition to defend academic freedom against US interference Nearly 900 scientists have signed a petition demanding that UNIFI, the Council of Rectors of Finnish Universities, and Arene, the Conference of Finnis...

"This attempt to restrict #AcademicFreedom and #FreedomofSpeech has now reached Finland. The University of Helsinki has already been issued demands to remove terms like ‘climate change’ and ‘egalitarian society’ from Fulbright scholarship announcements"
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

@privateeyenews.bsky.social on top form as usual this issue.

me smells fish

If the proposed Irish rules for warnings labels on alcoholic beverages are a barrier to the free moment of goods, undermining Cassis etc like Italy, France, & Co. argue, are the French warning labels on wine for pregnant women not equally such barriers?

I'm not saying we need highspeed rail in Ireland, or that its even fesiable, but like somthing decent would be cool. I know the brits used the trains to keep control of the Island, but like, at least there were trains to the most random places including Cahersiveen and, like, the Donegal

Look I as everyone knows I dislike @deutschebahn.com and I'm already 2.5 hours behind schedule

BUT

Irish rail could never. A full dining car that has pretty decent coffee, breakfast, lunch, & dinner while travling at 200km/hr +, not too shabby...

Ireland really needs to get its act together.