At this year's Academy of EU at the EUI, the concept of European society was heavily debated. CHIARA RIMKUS reflects on these discussions and explains what they mean for the future direction of EU legal scholarship. verfassungsblog.de/debating-eur... @mpil.de

Article 2 TEU contains the operative legal category of solidarity. Yet, as TERESA VIOLANTE critically explains, this concept has not entered the CJEU's reasoning. verfassungsblog.de/whose-europe... @mpil.de

Scholarship on European society fixates on public law. But what binds people together are the private, cross-border relations between them. MARLENE TIEDE shows how EU private international law knits diverse national laws into one legal community. verfassungsblog.de/private-inte... @mpil.de

Is the justiciability of Article 2 TEU an act of self-empowerment by the Court? LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER argues that its activation is rather the result of a collective interpretation by the European society. verfassungsblog.de/a-european-s... @mpil.de

EU digital regulation shapes European society from both an institutional and a practice-oriented perspective. KATARZYNA ŁAKOMIEC identifies the obstacles to building shared European values in the digital sphere. verfassungsblog.de/european-soc... @mpil.de

Our symposium on European society turns to the question: does Commission v Hungary constitutionalise European society? Not yet, argues COSTANZA MARGIOTTA, but it creates the conditions for European society to become constitutionally significant. verfassungsblog.de/from-values-... @mpil.de

Long before the CJEU, “European society” was already an idea rooted in 18th-century interstate law. FERDINAND WEBER traces this history to ask where today’s constitutionalist reading of Article 2 TEU meets its limits. verfassungsblog.de/lines-and-li...

Commission v Hungary presents European society as a source of legitimacy for EU values. Through a Habermasian lens, FRANCA MARIA FEISEL argues that the Court's appeal to European society as a source of authority is difficult to reconcile with democratic legitimacy. buff.ly/UiS8mt4 @mpil.de

Mutual trust is not merely a technical principle governing inter-state recognition; it is also a social mechanism. JASPER SIEGERT argues that Commission v Hungary advances the preconditions on which mutual trust depends. verfassungsblog.de/a-society-of...

Gender equality is a value in Art. 2 TEU – but it is nearly absent in the CJEU’s Commission v Hungary. @silviasteininger.bsky.social & SEONA KIM apply a feminist re-reading to the Court's arguments and ask what a non-patriarchal European society would actually require. buff.ly/sn5U9qP @mpil.de

📢 We're looking for a Jessup Moot Court Coach (50%) for the 2026/27 Heidelberg Team! Deadline: 30 June 2026. #Apply now: jobs.mpil.de/jobposting/b...

➡️ Call for Papers! The DVPW Group for Critical Security Studies is organising its annual conference - this time at @mpil.de in Heidelberg. Dates: 5-6 November 2026 Call for Papers: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us... Submit your abstracts by 16 June! We look forward to your submissions!

How are digital rights reshaping constitutional jurisprudence? And how resilient is the separation of powers in times of political tension? These were some of the questions explored yesterday at the MPIL in Heidelberg during a colloquium on contemporary threats to #Democracy.

Poland's post-2023 government never submitted its promised media reform to parliament. MARCIN BARAŃSKI warns how quickly new governments abandon the reforms they promised. verfassungsblog.de/the-burden-o...

For the fifth consecutive election, the winning party has secured a two-thirds majority in Hungarian parliament. BEÁTA BAKÓ argues the magic of that supermajority was always a lie: it never guaranteed compromise. verfassungsblog.de/the-big-lie-...

Poland's rule of law recovery remains largely incomplete – and Hungary might soon walk a similar path. ADAM BODNAR argues that rebuilding institutions is not enough: accountability requires committed prosecutors and patient voters. verfassungsblog.de/polish-lesso...

Transitional justice scholarship was built for dictatorships – not for hybrid regimes like Hungary or Poland. ANDRÁS JAKAB identifies blind spots in the current discourse and outlines what a post-hybrid transitional justice framework would need to look like. verfassungsblog.de/transitional...

#NewIssue 📣 📚 JHIL's first issue of the year is here! To read JHIL 1/26: brill.com/view/journal... @mpil.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

MPIL Director @annepetersmpil.bsky.social has been elected to the Academia Europaea and joins the academy’s Law section. A notable recognition for work in public international and constitutional law. www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Pe... #AcademiaEuropaea

A new article by Sabino Cassese in Corriere della Sera compares #Europe and the #US through a historical and institutional lens. The piece also cites work by #MPILs Armin von Bogdandy and Loïc Azoulai on European society, cohesion, and interdependence: www.corriere.it/native/26_ma...

Gilt das Völkerrecht noch? - Anspruch und Wirklichkeit Am 20. Mai spricht Prof. Dr. Andreas Paulus in Heidelberg über Gewaltverbot, Krieg und Friedenssicherung heute. 🗓️ 20.5. | 19:30 Uhr 📍 Neue Aula (Universität Heidelberg) @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @annepetersmpil.bsky.social

We are launching the symposium “On Law and Politics in the Hungarian Transition” to explore what constitutional repair in Hungary can look like after Tisza's landslide victory. PÁL SONNEVEND argues: a new constitution would be a mistake. verfassungsblog.de/hungary-cons...

Helmut Philipp Aust has joined MPIL as Director. He now co-leads the Institute with Anne Peters and Armin von Bogdandy; his work spans state responsibility, cities in international law, and co-operation in antagonistic times. Read the full announcement: www.mpil.de/en/pub/news/... #IntlLaw

The European Court of Justice declared Hungary's 2021 anti-LGBTIQ legislation incompatible with EU values — and transforms Article 2 TEU into a justiciable red line for Member States. @dimitrispieker.bsky.social maps the doctrinal consequences in a new FAQ (in German): www.mpg.de/26406160/eug...

EU-Werteschutz: Klare Ansage an Mitgliedstaaten

Am 21. April 2026 fällt der EuGH ein wichtiges Urteil, ob Ungarn mit seinem diskriminierenden Gesetz gegen LGBTIQ-Personen zum "Kinderschutz" die Grundwerte des EU-Vertrags verletzt. Experten warten m...

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Does lawbreaking always undermine the law against war or can it sometimes support it? @chr-marxsen.bsky.social's book „Shades of Illegality in the Law Against War" emerges from the #MPIL SHADES project and argues: it depends on the type of breach. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Morgen urteilt der Europäische Gerichtshof über ein ungarisches Gesetz aus dem Jahr 2021, das unter dem Deckmantel des "Kinderschutzes" die Darstellung von #Homosexualität und #Transgeschlechtlichkeit in Schulen und Medien verbietet. (1) #Ungarn

Werteschutz: Klare Ansage für Mitgliedstaaten?

Am 21. April 2026 fällt der EuGH ein wichtiges Urteil, ob Ungarn mit diskriminierenden Gesetzen die Grundwerte des Eu-Vertrags verletzt. Experten warten mit Spannung auf dieses Urteil. In einem FAQ er...

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Opening of @mpil.de conference “International Law and Peace in Ukraine”, with offical positions from Dr Wiebke Rückert (🇩🇪German Federal Foreign Office) and Dr Anton Korynevych (🇺🇦Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine). Ukraine core message: No peace without justice and no compromise on justice.

Das FAQ zum Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshof ist nun aktualisiert und enthält eine erste Einschätzung von Luke Dimitrios Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social vom MPI für Völkerrecht in Heidelberg ➡️ www.mpg.de/26406160/eug... @mpil.de #LGBTQ #EuGH

Verletzt #Ungarn mit diesem Gesetz die Grundwerte des EU-Vertrages? Experten warten mit Spannung darauf. In einem FAQ erklärt Europarechtler Luke Dimitrios Spieker @dimitrispieker.bsky.social, warum das Urteil Signalwirkung haben kann www.mpg.de/26406160/eug... @mpil.de

Das #MPIL sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦n 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘳in mit stellvertretender Bibliotheksleitung, in Vollzeit, unbefristet (bis EG 11 TVöD Bund)📚 📅 Bewerbungsfrist: 03.05.2026 👉 Details in der Ausschreibung: jobs.mpil.de/jobposting/5...