Download the newsletter The 2nd issue of the bi-monthly RED-SPINEL Newsletter captures recent changes in […]
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The Forum aims to explore the interplay between European Union strategies, policies, instruments or actions […]
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The 1st Issue of the RED-SPINEL Newsletter Newsletter Issue n°1 – December 2023 RED-SPINEL’s project […]
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On 15 October, Poland held elections to the Sejm and the Senate combined with a […]
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The RED-SPINEL podcast series of “Making Sense of EU” is out. Join us as we discuss the challenges facing liberal democracy in the European Union.
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Democracy in Europe is in crisis. Yet, this democratic crisis is also an institutional crisis. […]
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EU Rule of Law instruments have been evolving and multiplying. RED-SPINEL has recently published an […]
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Uniting legal scholars from academic partners in RED SPINEL and beyond, the University of Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance organized a Seminar to tackle the place of expertise in EU policymaking, and ultimately the EU as a democracy. Insights by Irthe de Jong (RED-SPINEL) and Sofie Fleerackers (GEM-DIAMOND).
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The RED-SPINEL delegation to the Council of European Studies conference on “Europe’s Past, Present and Future: Utopias and Dystopias” arrived in Iceland on June 26th, 2023, to discuss dissensus over liberal democracy and the EU instruments to face it.
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The law of 14 April 2023 on the State Commission for Investigating Russian Influences on the Internal Security of the Republic of Poland from 2007 to 2022 (Journal of Laws, item 1030), referred to as the so-called “Lex Tusk”, has caused widespread outrage among both Polish lawyers and international actors.
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