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Alberto Alemanno
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Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, HEC Paris & College of Europe, Bruges

Democracy Fellow, Harvard University & Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies Minda de Gunzburg at Harvard University

Founder, The Good Lobby
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Alberto Alemanno is an academic, author, public interest lawyer, and civic entrepreneur. He is Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris since 2009, permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo, School of Public Policy, and at the College of Europe in Bruges. In 2024/25 he is a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. .. more

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · Nov 23
Ursula von der Leyen knows that her new commission will need support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun.

My latest for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For the first time in its history, we could be looking at a genuinely rightwing European Union | Alberto Alemanno
Ursula von der Leyen knows that her new commission will need support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun, says Alberto Alemanno of HEC Paris
www.theguardian.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 20h
Good one

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 21h
The Board of Peace is a Trap.

The EU just walked in, as few of its member states.

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The Board of Peace Is a Trap. The EU Just Walked In.
The EU’s decision to join Trump’s Board of Peace — without a mandate, without consensus, and against its own legal obligations — is not just a political misstep. It may be a constitutional one.
open.substack.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 23h
Trump set a trap for Europe. The Commission walked straight into it.

Seats cost $1bn. Trump chairs for life. Most EU states -as most US allies - said no.

The Commission went anyway, without consulting anyone - in company of autocratic states
alemanno.bsky.social Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 1d
I filed a request of access to any document covering the EU Commission's participation in the "Board of Peace" and Commissioner Dubravka Šuica's representation role, including the exchanges with the Tony Blair Institute

www.asktheeu.org/request/eu_c...

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 1d
I filed a request of access to any document covering the EU Commission's participation in the "Board of Peace" and Commissioner Dubravka Šuica's representation role, including the exchanges with the Tony Blair Institute

www.asktheeu.org/request/eu_c...

Reposted by Giuseppe Martinico

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 2d
Hailed as a “new gateway to European justice”, the redesign of the main portal to access EU case law, InfoCuria, has drawn the ire of legal scholars from around Europe ⁦‪‬‬⁩

It’s indeed a disaster - my take for @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/203405/eu-to...
EU top court new search tool dubbed a ‘disaster’ by lawyers
What was announced as a ‘new gateway to European justice’ has law scholars and professionals up in arms about their ability to conduct research effectively, and potentially “de-democratising access to...
euobserver.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 2d
Spot on, @aoc.bsky.social

Transnational politics shouldn’t be surrendered to the far-right - pro-democracy voices must reclaim the global conversation, defend institutions, and build alliances that strengthen freedom across borders.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... @ocasio-cortez.house.gov
Trump is ‘deeply committed to your success’, Rubio tells Orbán during Hungary visit – as it happened
Rubio says relationship with Orbán is ‘vital for US national interests’ ahead of Hungarian elections in April
www.theguardian.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 3d
“Whatever the EU institutions will do will be used by Orbán . . . Whatever we say or do not say, it will be used against us”

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 3d
Wow. On the very same day ⁦‪Follow the Money‬⁩ unveils that Tony Blair lobbied the EU to join Trump’s Board of Peace, EU Commissioner Šuica - the very same Tony Blair lobbied - will represent EU at Trump's Board of Peace meeting in Washington
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Commissioner Šuica to represent EU at Trump's Board of Peace meeting
The EU will send the Commissioner for the Mediterranean to the first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace on Thursday, sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to Euronews, despite concerns over i...
www.euronews.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 4d
A document shows how Tony Blair and his institute lobbied behind closed doors for the EU to join Trump's "Board of Peace" and put €€€ behind US- and Israeli-led Gaza reconstruction efforts - investigation by @ftm.nl Alex Fanta

Reposted by Brigid Laffan, Jože P. Damijan

Reposted by Helmut Reisen

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 5d
No, Mr Rubio: your speech sounds deaf to European ears after a year of multi-pronged American threats and coercion.

No word on Ukraine, democracy, the Trump administration’s nor plans to support Europe’s far right.

#Munich

Reposted by Nicola Giocoli

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The Good Lobby @thegoodlobby.bsky.social · 6d
Is EU regulation really holding Europe back?

🇪🇺 @alemanno.bsky.social debunks 5 persistent myths used to justify deregulation.

👉https://thegoodlobby.eu/5-myths-about-eu-regulation-debunked/