From words to deeds: Upholding the rule of law in the CEE region
With ongoing discussions on rule of law conditionality, and with the European Commission first Annual Rule of Law Report due soon, the focus on the rule of law is back […]
Internal EU policies
Publications
Rethinking EU institutions’ rules of procedure after COVID-19
Up to now, little attention has been paid to how EU institutions adapted their internal functioning to cope with the confinement measures. This policy brief offers an early overview and […]
External publications
Judicial partners forever? Two challenges preventing a fast and effective future judicial cooperation
There is a field in the negotiations where a Canada- or Australia-style deal is not sought after. Nevertheless, the debate surrounding it is legally and politically fascinating, and the absence […]
External publications
The geographically asymmetric impact of Brexit
Much has been made of the economic disruption that Brexit will entail. Whenever the transition period comes to an end, the economic pain that has thus far been mostly hypothetical […]
Commentaries
Human Rights matter more than ever in the Covid-19 era
In this commentary, Egmont senior researcher and affiliated senior researcher with the Leuven Institute of Criminology (University of Leuven) Valérie Arnould examines the human rights challenges the Covid-19 crisis poses […]
Commentaries
Take me to Your Leader! Or how the EU could emerge stronger from the Corona Crisis
Even the most dystopian science fiction novel usually is optimistic in one way: somehow humanity has always managed to create a planetary government. So when the aliens land and, true […]