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Benedetta Lobina
@benedettalobina.bsky.social
PhD candidate at UCD Sutherland School of Law, focusing on EU & RoL⚖️🇪🇺
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Looking forward to chairing this @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar tomorrow on direct democracy in Hungary with visiting speaker Prof Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy with commentators @benedettalobina.bsky.social & Prof Beatrice Monciunskaite.
Join us for a @tricondublin.bsky.social seminar on direct democracy in Hungary on Nov 5th at 5.30pm in TCD law School.
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Check out my latest take on the rule of law situation in Italy, this time looking at the proposed judicial reforms👇⚖️🇮🇹
✍️ With the ongoing judicial reforms, the Italian government’s conflict with the judiciary has reached a new phase. In her op-ed, @benedettalobina.bsky.social examines the proposed changes and assesses their impact on the rule of law in Italy. 🇮🇹🧑‍⚖️

🧑‍💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/ymv42p4k
May 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Calling all PhDs in Dublin (and beyond)!

On March 27, @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social will have the pleasure to welcome Professor @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD mixer and methodology masterclass🎓

More info below👇
March 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Check it out!👇
#IlliberalDemocracy and EU Law: Is There Such a Thing as
"Illiberal Democracy" and Is it Compatible with EU
Membership? by @benedettalobina.bsky.social & yours truly is out

muse.jhu.edu/article/935069

(if you don't have access & would like to read article just let me know)
August 31, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Hot off the press, check out my case note on the ECtHR judgement in Watchdog Polska v Poland
👉 uk.westlaw.com/Document/ID3...
August 26, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Reposted by Benedetta Lobina
This week, the Spanish EU Council presidency issued its conclusions on the evaluation of the Annual Rule of Law Dialogue.

BENEDETTA LOBINA on misplaced praise and ensuring the dialogue's continued futility.

verfassungsblog.de/same-old-sam...
Same Old, Same Old: Nothing New for the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue
Following the General Affairs Council on 12 December 2023, the Spanish presidency issued its conclusions on the evaluation of the Annual Rule of Law Dialogue (ARoLD). The overly positive assessment th...
verfassungsblog.de
December 15, 2023 at 1:10 PM
My latest working paper is out now on SSRN!

The article takes stock of the RoL in Malta🇲🇹 and the many singular ways in which the system diverges from Art 2 TEU values🇪🇺

Read here👉 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 15, 2023 at 8:39 AM
ICYMI- check out my @verfassungsblog.de post on the MS’ answers to the Spanish Presidency’s questionnaire on the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue

👉 t.co/Bbtw1hAkvg
Beating a Dead Horse: Is There Any Value in the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue?
With the view of potentially revising how the EU Council’s Annual Rule of Law, the Spanish Presidency of the Council had sent out a “questionnaire for the Member States on the evaluation of the Co...
t.co
December 11, 2023 at 5:23 PM
Delighted to have taken part in a very informative Una Europa Global Governance Research Group conference at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. I look forward to publishing my paper next year⚖️🌍🇪🇺
December 11, 2023 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by Benedetta Lobina
The EU Council is considering revising its Annual Rule of Law Dialogue.

BENEDETTA LOBINA discusses the added value of this discursive and secretive tool in the EU's rule of law framework.

verfassungsblog.de/beating-a-de...
Beating a Dead Horse: Is There Any Value in the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue?
With the view of potentially revising how the EU Council’s Annual Rule of Law, the Spanish Presidency of the Council had sent out a “questionnaire for the Member States on the evaluation of the Co...
verfassungsblog.de
December 7, 2023 at 1:17 PM