Summary

On February 24th, the GEG Weekly Seminar will discuss the challenges to the rule of law in Europe. The starting point for this discussion will be an interview conducted with Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice in which he warns against a systemic risk posed by challenges to the primacy of European law but reaffirms the strength of the European Union based on respect for the rule of law.

Note that this session has be delayed one hour later that the usual schedule. It will therefore be happening from 19h00 to 20h00 CET.

This event will be held in the Paul-Henri Spaak room at the the Institut d'études européennes of the Université libre de Bruxelles (Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 39. CP 172, 1050 Brussels). If you wish to participate to this event in person, please register here. Places are limited.

Panelists

Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science and Law and Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics at Rutgers University

Thu Nguyen, Policy Fellow for EU Institutions and Democracy at the Jacques Delors Centre

Laurent Pech, Professor of European Law and Head of the Law and Politics Department at Middlesex University

Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice

Introductory remarks and moderation by Sébastien Lumet (Director of the Brussels Office of the Groupe d'études géopolitiques)

How to Participate

This event will be held in the Paul-Henri Spaak room at the the Institut d'études européennes of the Université libre de Bruxelles (Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 39. CP 172, 1050 Brussels). If you wish to participate to this event in person, please register here. Places are limited.

The GEG Weekly Seminar is a series of high-level round tables held in partnership with the College of Europe, the European Institute at Columbia University, the Europe Center at the University of Cambridge, the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute and the Institut d'études européennes of the Université libre de Bruxelles. To register for this event, click here.