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15 July 2024

Why and How the Hungarian Presidency Must Be Stopped

It took less than a week for Viktor Orbán to make the worst predictions about the Hungarian Presidency of the Council become true. Yet with a twist. If many had warned about the danger that such a Presidency would have paralysed the internal operation of the EU, nobody expected this could also cause confusion and damage to the Union’s foreign policy. How the EU Member States will react to it may define the overall credibility of the Union on the international stage, particularly at a time when it increasingly faces significant challenges both from within and the outside.

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07 May 2024

Unboxing the EU Body for Ethical Standards

The creation of a dedicated EU Body for Ethical Standards carries the potential to mark a qualitative difference in the development of the EU ethics system as we know it. The contributions shows the strengths and looming pitfalls of the new Body.

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19 January 2024
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Mehr Sicherheit für den Sicherheitsapparat

Wie Thüringens Polizei und Verfassungsschutz besser vor einer autoritären Regierung geschützt werden könnten

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10 November 2023

Verlockung der Macht

Ein Ministerium mit den „eigenen Leuten“ zu besetzen, ist eine Verlockung für jede Regierungspartei. Am Beispiel Thüringen lässt sich derzeit das breite Arsenal der sauberen und der unsauberen Praktiken nachvollziehen, die Beamtenapparate mit dem parteieigenen Öl gefügig zu machen. Während das beamtenrechtliche Korsett um die politischen Beamten an den Spitzen der Ministerien locker sitzt, ist das Einschleusen von (partei-)politisch rekrutiertem Personal in den ministerialen Beamtenapparat auf unteren Ebenen viel bedenklicher, spielt er sich doch unter dem Radar des medialen Interesses ab.

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31 August 2022

Why Academic Ivory Towerism Can’t Be The Answer

At a time in which a worrying number of risks conspire to threaten the end of democracy and humanity – from climate change to uncontrolled new technologies –, to confine the remit of the legal scholar to the narrow boundaries of academic purity appears ahistorical at best, irresponsible at worst.

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