Past events

In the upcoming MCEL Seminar we welcome Gillian More, Adviser at the Task Force for Strategic Issues related to the UK Referendum, European Commission to give a presentation on 'The Decision on a New Settlement for the UK within the EU', upon which Professor Bruno de Witte will act as discussant...

The speaker Andrea Broderick will present the main findings of her recently defended PhD entitled 'The long and winding road to equality and inclusion for persons with disabilities : the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities'.

On Tuesday 8 March 2016, MCEL and CERiM will host a TARN lecture by Deputy Director of Europol Oldřich Martinů on ‘The role of Europol in the refugee crisis’.

Appointed at the Faculty of Law as extraordinary professor ‘Europees Bestuursrecht en Openbaar Bestuur’ 
Title lecture: “Administrative Law and its Territory”

The CERIM Jean Monnet Lecture Series presents Connie Hedegaard, Former European Commissioner for Climate Action, 2010–2014.
 

n upcoming MCEL Seminar, the Head of Data Protection at Eurojust, Ms Diana Alonsa Blas will discuss data protection at Eurojust in the presentation entitled ´Processing and Protection of Personal Data at Eurojust after Lisbon: Is the New Legal Framework for Better or for Worse?´

Chris Backes, MCEL member, will be leaving our Faculty as from February 1st. A mini-symposium is organised on February 17 to add luster to his farewell.

The next MCEL PhD Forum will take place on 17 February 2016 from 9:00-10:30h in room C0.302. PhD researcher Matteo Bonelli will deliver a presentation entitled 'The Commission and the rule of law in Poland: dialogue or conflict?'.

Why does the European Union negotiate (part of) its external negotiations in secret? To what extent is secrecy necessary in the context of EU negotiations and what are the consequences in terms of democratic accountability?