The big ideas of #CEPSLab2026 are coming straight to your headphones with a new season of 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘣! 🎙️
Episode 1 is out now, featuring Nathalie Tocci talking with host @aoifewhite.bsky.social about Europe’s response to today’s crises.
Available on all major streaming platforms 🎧
Can you believe that two weeks have already passed since #CEPSLab2026 came to a close?
Take a look at some of the highlights from this year's edition of our flagship event below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3mB...
We were very pleased to speak at #CEPSLab2026 alongside @commissionerhr.coe.int on the EU’s return proposal.
We share the Commissioner’s concerns & are deeply alarmed by the weak evidence base & the false urgency driving negotiations, given the reform’s major human rights implications.
It’s time to move toward human rights compliance by design, learning from what has failed elsewhere to build what can work here.
#Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 12/12
We must stop 'sleepwalking' into legal and ethical crises. We cannot just wait for the courts to tell us that what is being discussed is unlawful.
#Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 11/12
✅ Refrain from transferring people to countries with which they have no connection, and from applying “safe country” concepts in ways that do not grant adequate value to individual circumstances. #Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 10/12
✅ Respect the right to liberty: Locking people up is expensive, inefficient, and destroys the trust needed for successful policy. Alternatives to detention exist and should get priority. #Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 9/12
✅ Avoid risk of refoulement: By ensuring adequate access to remedy, rather than rushed appeal processes with no suspensive effect. #Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 8/12
✅ No responsibility shifting: States cannot abdicate their legal duty to honour the right to seek asylum through third-party arrangements. #Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 7/12
✅ Human rights by design: Impact assessments, risk mitigation strategies and independent human rights monitoring must be hardwired into the system, not added as an afterthought. #Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 6/12
✅ Transparency and accountability: Arrangements with partner countries must be treaty-based and publicly accessible—not informal handshakes. #Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 5/12
The European Commission, as Guardian of the EU Treaties, has a key role to play in protecting asylum & other human rights.
#Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 4/12
✅ Precaution: States must keep their eyes wide open to potential negative impacts on human rights, and act based on facts rather than false assumptions. #Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 3/12
Particular care is necessary when states attempt to externalise return procedures, an area replete with human rights risks.
Based on global experience, I set out a few guardrails 👇
#Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 2/12
At @ceps.eu IdeasLab’s panel on returns & externalisation, I explained that although effective returns are necessary for a functional protection system, states must remain in full compliance with international law.
#Migration #HumanRights #EUReturnsRegulation #RuleOfLaw #cepslab2026 1/12
Since the Wennink report was mentioned in this sessies in #CEPSlab2026 here the link to the Wennink report: www.rapportwennink.nl/english/
Great discussion on European Security Council and future of European defence at #CEPSLab2026 w President Sauli Niinistö, who leads special @ceps.eu Task Force on the European pillar for NATO. Glad to see we have similar views on most of the ideas!
Good exchanges at #CEPSLab2026 on Europe’s security architecture.
The @EIB.org Group, pan-European by design, is uniquely placed to move from national projects to joint capabilities, provide large-scale long-term financing, and reach every EU corner through large partner networks.
At @ceps.eu #cepslab2026, speaking in a panel on freedom of expression, I was very conscious of the horrors unfolding in the Middle East & the extent to which the rule of law & int'l human rights are being pushed to the margins. 1/7
#HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #FreedomOfExpression #FreeSpeech #DSA
Joining a discussion on the future of Europe’s security architecture at #CEPSLab2026, President @nadiacalvino.eib.org highlights the importance of moving from a national to a pan-European approach, and the role the EIB Group and national institutions can play in making this shift happen.
🌱 Tomorrow we will host the #CEPSLab2026 side session “From frontlines to forums – amplifying climate voices that matter” (by invitation-only) ➡️ ideaslab.ceps.eu/from-frontli...
🟢 Are you attending #CEPSLab2026? Visit our stand to learn more about our projects and publications, and to meet our Young Climate Leaders 2026! 👉🏼 eu.boell.org/en/young-cli...
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Following its signing in January 2026, the decision to refer the EU - #Mercosur deal to the European Court of Justice has brought it to a standstill.
At #CEPSLab2026, one of our sessions will dig into what lies ahead for Mercosur.
Learn more: ideaslab.ceps.eu/from-signatu...
When those working for the EU institutions do not uphold the rule of law, citizens should be able to speak up.
At #CEPSLab2026, we will host a session exploring a 'rule of law compass' to increase accountability in the institutions.
Learn more: ideaslab.ceps.eu/an-eu-accoun...
4 years after Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's agricultural sector is devastated.
In a #CEPSLab2026 Substack post, @tinatinakhvlediani.bsky.social writes that the sector's recovery can act as a blueprint for turning disaster into resilience 🇺🇦
Read more: cepseu.substack.com/p/ukraines-r...
The EU's International Digital Strategy signals new momentum for #techdiplomacy in Europe. 💻
A #CEPSLab2026 session on the topic will call for a strong, unified approach towards the technology sector in Europe.
Learn more: ideaslab.ceps.eu/the-eu-inter...
REUNIR will discuss some of its research findings at #CEPSLab2026 in Brussels with Amb Morari of Moldova, Lukas Vesely from the Commission’s DG ENEST, Maximilien Jeudy-Gallais of the French PermRep, and Leo Litra of New Europe Centre in Kyiv
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At their first meeting, Trump's Board of Peace recently pledged $7 billion for relief in Gaza. It remains unclear what this will mean for Palestinians.
In a #CEPSLab2026 Substack post, James Moran calls on Europe to do more to support the region.
Read more ➡️ cepseu.substack.com/p/words-aren...
