Dr Abazi presents at the House of Representatives of the Netherlands on Parliamentary Access to Information
Dr Abazi presents at the House of Representatives of the Netherlands on Parliamentary Access to Information
By invitation of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, on 18 May 2016, Dr. Vigjilenca Abazi gave a presentation entitled 'Parliamentary Access to Official Secrets in the European Union' in which she addressed the challenges and limits for access to sensitive information for national parliaments as well as the European Parliament.
Dr Abazi focused on the legal framework of official secrets in the EU that gives rise to information asymmetries in processes of parliamentary oversight.
The article examines the multi-step test developed by EU courts to rule on the whether a breach of law by an EU authority is sufficiently serious under art.340(2) TFEU, from the perspective of its transparency and predictability.
In December 2024, the Review of European Administrative Law published Guido Bellenghi and Luca Knuth’s article "EU Food Law and the Politics of the Internal Market: The Challenge of Cultivated Meat".
On 10 December, Francesco Mauri was awarded the Maastricht Consulates Prize on EU Law 2024 for the best master’s thesis on EU law at the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. This prestigious prize, valued at €1,000, recognises academic excellence and innovation in EU law.
On 29 November 2024, MCEL member Maja Brkan, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, gave her inaugural lecture on 'Digitalisation and EU fundamental rights: the good, the bad and the opaque'.
In October 2024, the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law published the Special Issue "The Future of EU Fundamental Rights", co-edited by MCEL members Šejla Imamović, Elin Börjedal and Eleonora Di Franco.
METRO Director Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure will due to his retirement give a farewell lecture on Friday 4 April 2025 at 16.00. The title of this lecture is 'The Price of Meat'.
The European Universities initiative is reshaping the landscape of higher education in Europe. A recent EU report explores the progress made by the initiative since its launch in 2019, highlighting its achievements, challenges, and future potential.
The Rachel and Alan Wyatt STS Scholarship has been established to support students wishing to pursue a master’s degree in Science and Technology Studies (STS). In memory of her parents, the scholarship has been established by Sally Wyatt, Professor of Digital Cultures in our Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS).