Have the post-1990 European standards on judicial councils reached their limits? Judicial self-governance, largely shaped by Western European constitutional experience and later promoted across Central and Eastern Europe as a rule-of-law benchmark, is beginning to face new questions from within.

Ten years ago, I walked the halls of the German Bundestag as an IPS scholar from Albania. Returning in Berlin now to work on rule of law and democracy @democracyreporting.bsky.social reminds me that democratic enablers are more useful than ever. My interview here: www.mitmischen.de/misch-mit/ip...

Hungary votes this Sunday. Three parties, each with a starkly different vision for the country's future. Edit Zgut-Przybylska helped us analyse party programmes, compare positions across five key areas, and outline possible scenarios after the election. 👇