Dimitri Spieker
@dimitrispieker.bsky.social
Postdoc at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & Senior Research Fellow @mpil.de | Dr. iur. | Author of “EU Values Before the Court of Justice” (OUP) | Passionate about EU, Constitutional and Public Law | 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇪🇺
Profile: https://tinyurl.com/3cf64jtd
Profile: https://tinyurl.com/3cf64jtd
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The EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia could be blocked by Hungary & Slovakia. Max Planck scholars Armin von Bogdandy & Dimitri Spieker explore legal avenues on how to overcome the vetoes & break the deadlock. www.mpg.de/25538859/eu-...
@mpil.de @dimitrispieker.bsky.social
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Sanctions against Russia: ways to break the deadlock
How can the EU extend sanctions against Russia despite resistance from Hungary and Slovakia? The focus is on the EU’s 19th sanctions package, which would use around €140 billion in frozen Russian asse...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia could be blocked by Hungary & Slovakia. Max Planck scholars Armin von Bogdandy & Dimitri Spieker explore legal avenues on how to overcome the vetoes & break the deadlock. www.mpg.de/25538859/eu-...
@mpil.de @dimitrispieker.bsky.social
@mpil.de @dimitrispieker.bsky.social
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We are thrilled to announce that @steffenmau.bsky.social, one of Germany’s leading sociologists, has been appointed Director at our Institute. He will lead a new Department on Inequality, Transformation & Conflict, addressing pressing societal challenges via cutting-edge social science research.
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We are thrilled to announce that @steffenmau.bsky.social, one of Germany’s leading sociologists, has been appointed Director at our Institute. He will lead a new Department on Inequality, Transformation & Conflict, addressing pressing societal challenges via cutting-edge social science research.
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Recently, Armin von Bogdandy and @dimitrispieker.bsky.social put forward a proposal on how to overcome the Hungarian veto, followed by a sharp response from Martijn van den Brink and Mark Dawson.
Do Dawson and van den Brink’s objections convince?
A rejoinder:
verfassungsblog.de/overcoming-o...
Do Dawson and van den Brink’s objections convince?
A rejoinder:
verfassungsblog.de/overcoming-o...
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Recently, Armin von Bogdandy and @dimitrispieker.bsky.social put forward a proposal on how to overcome the Hungarian veto, followed by a sharp response from Martijn van den Brink and Mark Dawson.
Do Dawson and van den Brink’s objections convince?
A rejoinder:
verfassungsblog.de/overcoming-o...
Do Dawson and van den Brink’s objections convince?
A rejoinder:
verfassungsblog.de/overcoming-o...
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For those who work in EU law, this debate is vital to the future of the Union. Can the EU survive with a dictatorship in its midst, using its veto on matters existential to the EU? Here are creative ways around the veto, honoring the rule of law.
Recently, Armin von Bogdandy and @dimitrispieker.bsky.social put forward a proposal on how to overcome the Hungarian veto, followed by a sharp response from Martijn van den Brink and Mark Dawson.
Do Dawson and van den Brink’s objections convince?
A rejoinder:
verfassungsblog.de/overcoming-o...
Do Dawson and van den Brink’s objections convince?
A rejoinder:
verfassungsblog.de/overcoming-o...
September 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For those who work in EU law, this debate is vital to the future of the Union. Can the EU survive with a dictatorship in its midst, using its veto on matters existential to the EU? Here are creative ways around the veto, honoring the rule of law.
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For @sarahganty.bsky.social & I it was an Article 2 TEU #pride‼️ Respect the values, Orbán‼️🇭🇺🏳️🌈Hungary is too beautiful and loving to flush it down the drain with illegal nonesense‼️ @ilgaeurope.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For @sarahganty.bsky.social & I it was an Article 2 TEU #pride‼️ Respect the values, Orbán‼️🇭🇺🏳️🌈Hungary is too beautiful and loving to flush it down the drain with illegal nonesense‼️ @ilgaeurope.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social
Wow, this would be a huge, and highly necessary step! 25 years after AG Jacob’s opinion in UPA, AG Emiliou gives overturning Plaumann another try.
AG Emiliou 731/23 P "the time is now for the Court to revisit its Plaumann case-law. Not only because the present case offers an opportunity to do so but, first and foremost, because ... the current legal system is profoundly different from that in force when the judgment in Plaumann was delivered"
June 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Wow, this would be a huge, and highly necessary step! 25 years after AG Jacob’s opinion in UPA, AG Emiliou gives overturning Plaumann another try.
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Hungary is threatening to obstruct the extension of EU sanctions against Russia.
A lot is at stake, including Europe's security.
ARMIN VON BOGDANDY & LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER (@mpil.de) with a new proposal on how to overcome Hungary's veto:
verfassungsblog.de/hungarian-ve...
A lot is at stake, including Europe's security.
ARMIN VON BOGDANDY & LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER (@mpil.de) with a new proposal on how to overcome Hungary's veto:
verfassungsblog.de/hungarian-ve...
June 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hungary is threatening to obstruct the extension of EU sanctions against Russia.
A lot is at stake, including Europe's security.
ARMIN VON BOGDANDY & LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER (@mpil.de) with a new proposal on how to overcome Hungary's veto:
verfassungsblog.de/hungarian-ve...
A lot is at stake, including Europe's security.
ARMIN VON BOGDANDY & LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER (@mpil.de) with a new proposal on how to overcome Hungary's veto:
verfassungsblog.de/hungarian-ve...
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📢 Join our #StrategicLitigation webinar on 12 June at 12:30 CEST!
We'll unpack the European Commission’s infringement case against Hungary & its impact on future #LGBTI rights in the EU.
🎙 With Háttér Society, legal experts & more.
🔗 Register now www.ilga-europe.org/news/what-th...
We'll unpack the European Commission’s infringement case against Hungary & its impact on future #LGBTI rights in the EU.
🎙 With Háttér Society, legal experts & more.
🔗 Register now www.ilga-europe.org/news/what-th...
May 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📢 Join our #StrategicLitigation webinar on 12 June at 12:30 CEST!
We'll unpack the European Commission’s infringement case against Hungary & its impact on future #LGBTI rights in the EU.
🎙 With Háttér Society, legal experts & more.
🔗 Register now www.ilga-europe.org/news/what-th...
We'll unpack the European Commission’s infringement case against Hungary & its impact on future #LGBTI rights in the EU.
🎙 With Háttér Society, legal experts & more.
🔗 Register now www.ilga-europe.org/news/what-th...
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SCRIPTS is celebrating! 🎉
We have been awarded a second round of funding through the DFG’s Excellence Strategy!
We're excited to continue exploring how democracies adapt under pressure—our new focus: democratic resilience. More to come as we prepare for SCRIPTS 2.0!
#Democracy #ExcellenceStrategy
We have been awarded a second round of funding through the DFG’s Excellence Strategy!
We're excited to continue exploring how democracies adapt under pressure—our new focus: democratic resilience. More to come as we prepare for SCRIPTS 2.0!
#Democracy #ExcellenceStrategy
May 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
SCRIPTS is celebrating! 🎉
We have been awarded a second round of funding through the DFG’s Excellence Strategy!
We're excited to continue exploring how democracies adapt under pressure—our new focus: democratic resilience. More to come as we prepare for SCRIPTS 2.0!
#Democracy #ExcellenceStrategy
We have been awarded a second round of funding through the DFG’s Excellence Strategy!
We're excited to continue exploring how democracies adapt under pressure—our new focus: democratic resilience. More to come as we prepare for SCRIPTS 2.0!
#Democracy #ExcellenceStrategy
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📢 Out now: Is EU law over-constitutionalised? Dieter Grimm thinks so. In his latest article, @dimitrispieker.bsky.social challenges that view, arguing that the Treaties’ rigidity is overestimated and that judicial responsiveness and legislative activity are underestimated.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📢 Out now: Is EU law over-constitutionalised? Dieter Grimm thinks so. In his latest article, @dimitrispieker.bsky.social challenges that view, arguing that the Treaties’ rigidity is overestimated and that judicial responsiveness and legislative activity are underestimated.
doi.org/10.1017/glj....
doi.org/10.1017/glj....
Thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for publishing my take on Commission v Malta. “Golden passports” violate the value of solidarity!
Commentators have been quick to condemn Commission v Malta for its flimsy and results driven legal reasoning.
Not so fast, says LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER. He argues that the Court did not necessarily make bad law in resolving what a was a very hard case.
verfassungsblog.de/its-solidari...
Not so fast, says LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER. He argues that the Court did not necessarily make bad law in resolving what a was a very hard case.
verfassungsblog.de/its-solidari...
May 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for publishing my take on Commission v Malta. “Golden passports” violate the value of solidarity!
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#ECJ: The Maltese investor citizenship scheme is contrary to #EULaw #EUCitizenship golden #passports 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Communiqués de presse - Cour de justice de l'Union européenne
Court of Justice of the European Union
curia.europa.eu
April 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#ECJ: The Maltese investor citizenship scheme is contrary to #EULaw #EUCitizenship golden #passports 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
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In @faznet.bsky.social beschwören Ulrich Karpenstein und ich die neue Bundesregierung, sich für einen 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙯𝙪𝙜 𝙐𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙪𝙛 𝙀𝙐-𝙀𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚 Stark zu machen!
👉 www.faz.net/einspruch/wa...
👉 www.faz.net/einspruch/wa...
Warum sich die Bundesregierung in Brüssel für einen Stimmrechtsentzug Ungarns einsetzen muss
Bei der anstehenden Verlängerung der Russland-Sanktionen ist Ungarns Veto vorprogrammiert. Es bleiben nur wenige Wochen, um eine Blockade abzuwenden. Das nötige Instrument dazu liefern die Europäische...
www.faz.net
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In @faznet.bsky.social beschwören Ulrich Karpenstein und ich die neue Bundesregierung, sich für einen 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙯𝙪𝙜 𝙐𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙪𝙛 𝙀𝙐-𝙀𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚 Stark zu machen!
👉 www.faz.net/einspruch/wa...
👉 www.faz.net/einspruch/wa...
🚨📢Come work with us! We at
Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados!
The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025!
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados!
The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025!
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
Planned Call for applications: Ten doctoral research positions
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de
April 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚨📢Come work with us! We at
Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados!
The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025!
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
Humboldt University’s law faculty have an amazing Easter present for all EU law aficionados!
The DFG Research Training Group DynamInt offers 12 fully funded PhD positions in the area of European law starting from October 2025!
www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/en/lf/oe/rhp...
Just use Art. 7(2) TEU and strip Hungary of its voting rights in the Council! There is momentum for this step as I argue here: verfassungsblog.de/tackling-orb...
April 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Just use Art. 7(2) TEU and strip Hungary of its voting rights in the Council! There is momentum for this step as I argue here: verfassungsblog.de/tackling-orb...
On @verfassungsblog.de I call for tackling the Union's "Orban Problem" NOW! 📣 The momentum has never been better! The @ec.europa.eu should bring a new proposal under Art. 7(2) TEU, which couples restraint and boldness.
The EU is facing an “Orbán problem”. That much is clear.
LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER argues that the Commission should submit a new proposal under Article 7(2) TEU focusing on breaches of solidarity and threats to the Union’s security:
verfassungsblog.de/tackling-orb...
LUKE DIMITRIOS SPIEKER argues that the Commission should submit a new proposal under Article 7(2) TEU focusing on breaches of solidarity and threats to the Union’s security:
verfassungsblog.de/tackling-orb...
April 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
On @verfassungsblog.de I call for tackling the Union's "Orban Problem" NOW! 📣 The momentum has never been better! The @ec.europa.eu should bring a new proposal under Art. 7(2) TEU, which couples restraint and boldness.
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Land does not vote.
Eine Karte wie zu Beginn der Animation ist seit der Bundestagswahl oft zu sehen gewesen. Sie zeigt die Parteizugehörigkeit der Wahlkreissieger nach Erststimmen.
Wir sehen: ziemlich viel AfD-Blau.
🧵
#Bundestagswahl 📊
Eine Karte wie zu Beginn der Animation ist seit der Bundestagswahl oft zu sehen gewesen. Sie zeigt die Parteizugehörigkeit der Wahlkreissieger nach Erststimmen.
Wir sehen: ziemlich viel AfD-Blau.
🧵
#Bundestagswahl 📊
March 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Land does not vote.
Eine Karte wie zu Beginn der Animation ist seit der Bundestagswahl oft zu sehen gewesen. Sie zeigt die Parteizugehörigkeit der Wahlkreissieger nach Erststimmen.
Wir sehen: ziemlich viel AfD-Blau.
🧵
#Bundestagswahl 📊
Eine Karte wie zu Beginn der Animation ist seit der Bundestagswahl oft zu sehen gewesen. Sie zeigt die Parteizugehörigkeit der Wahlkreissieger nach Erststimmen.
Wir sehen: ziemlich viel AfD-Blau.
🧵
#Bundestagswahl 📊
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🇪🇺 In the new #ZaöRV’s Comment: @dimitrispieker.bsky.social argues why protecting #EU values does not require treaty change. Read his take #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...
#EUlaw #RuleOfLaw #HJIL
#EUlaw #RuleOfLaw #HJIL
February 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🇪🇺 In the new #ZaöRV’s Comment: @dimitrispieker.bsky.social argues why protecting #EU values does not require treaty change. Read his take #OpenAccess: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...
#EUlaw #RuleOfLaw #HJIL
#EUlaw #RuleOfLaw #HJIL
Publication alert! New comment in @mpil.de's ZaöRV (open access)! 🎓📚
The piece tackles the question of whether we should aim at changing the EU Treaties to better protect EU values. My take: no! We should trust the Treaties!
Read my text open access here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...
The piece tackles the question of whether we should aim at changing the EU Treaties to better protect EU values. My take: no! We should trust the Treaties!
Read my text open access here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Publication alert! New comment in @mpil.de's ZaöRV (open access)! 🎓📚
The piece tackles the question of whether we should aim at changing the EU Treaties to better protect EU values. My take: no! We should trust the Treaties!
Read my text open access here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...
The piece tackles the question of whether we should aim at changing the EU Treaties to better protect EU values. My take: no! We should trust the Treaties!
Read my text open access here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...
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Ist die EU ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen? Mehr dazu im Beitrag von @dimitrispieker.bsky.social in der Europäischen Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht!
"Queer Theory" in der traditionsreichen EuZW?! Das geht?! Und wie!
👉 Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Die Europäische Union: ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen?, EuZW 2025, 112-124
👉 Zum Text: beck-online.beck.de/Dokument?vpa...
Bei Interesse am Beitrag, gerne eine Nachricht an mich!
👉 Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Die Europäische Union: ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen?, EuZW 2025, 112-124
👉 Zum Text: beck-online.beck.de/Dokument?vpa...
Bei Interesse am Beitrag, gerne eine Nachricht an mich!
February 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Ist die EU ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen? Mehr dazu im Beitrag von @dimitrispieker.bsky.social in der Europäischen Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht!
"Queer Theory" in der traditionsreichen EuZW?! Das geht?! Und wie!
👉 Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Die Europäische Union: ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen?, EuZW 2025, 112-124
👉 Zum Text: beck-online.beck.de/Dokument?vpa...
Bei Interesse am Beitrag, gerne eine Nachricht an mich!
👉 Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Die Europäische Union: ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen?, EuZW 2025, 112-124
👉 Zum Text: beck-online.beck.de/Dokument?vpa...
Bei Interesse am Beitrag, gerne eine Nachricht an mich!
February 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"Queer Theory" in der traditionsreichen EuZW?! Das geht?! Und wie!
👉 Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Die Europäische Union: ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen?, EuZW 2025, 112-124
👉 Zum Text: beck-online.beck.de/Dokument?vpa...
Bei Interesse am Beitrag, gerne eine Nachricht an mich!
👉 Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Die Europäische Union: ein Freiheitsraum für trans* Menschen?, EuZW 2025, 112-124
👉 Zum Text: beck-online.beck.de/Dokument?vpa...
Bei Interesse am Beitrag, gerne eine Nachricht an mich!
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📢 Out now:
Das Studienbuch „Unionsverfassungsrecht. Eine Neubestimmung anhand der Grundlagen im EU-Vertrag“, herausgegeben von Jürgen Bast und Armin von Bogdandy ist jetzt Open Access verfügbar! 📖🇪🇺
🔗 Zur Veröffentlichug: doi.org/10.5771/9783...
#EURecht #MPIL #OpenAccess
Das Studienbuch „Unionsverfassungsrecht. Eine Neubestimmung anhand der Grundlagen im EU-Vertrag“, herausgegeben von Jürgen Bast und Armin von Bogdandy ist jetzt Open Access verfügbar! 📖🇪🇺
🔗 Zur Veröffentlichug: doi.org/10.5771/9783...
#EURecht #MPIL #OpenAccess
January 31, 2025 at 7:22 AM
📢 Out now:
Das Studienbuch „Unionsverfassungsrecht. Eine Neubestimmung anhand der Grundlagen im EU-Vertrag“, herausgegeben von Jürgen Bast und Armin von Bogdandy ist jetzt Open Access verfügbar! 📖🇪🇺
🔗 Zur Veröffentlichug: doi.org/10.5771/9783...
#EURecht #MPIL #OpenAccess
Das Studienbuch „Unionsverfassungsrecht. Eine Neubestimmung anhand der Grundlagen im EU-Vertrag“, herausgegeben von Jürgen Bast und Armin von Bogdandy ist jetzt Open Access verfügbar! 📖🇪🇺
🔗 Zur Veröffentlichug: doi.org/10.5771/9783...
#EURecht #MPIL #OpenAccess
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Mit Impulsen von:
Matthias Ruffert (@humboldtuni.bsky.social), Mark Dawson (@delorsberlin.bsky.social @thehertieschool.bsky.social), Frank Schorkopf (@unigoettingen.bsky.social)
Roya Sangi (Redeker Sellner Dahs), Kirsten Scholl (@bmwk.de) und
Antje Wiener (@uni-hamburg.de)
Matthias Ruffert (@humboldtuni.bsky.social), Mark Dawson (@delorsberlin.bsky.social @thehertieschool.bsky.social), Frank Schorkopf (@unigoettingen.bsky.social)
Roya Sangi (Redeker Sellner Dahs), Kirsten Scholl (@bmwk.de) und
Antje Wiener (@uni-hamburg.de)
February 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Mit Impulsen von:
Matthias Ruffert (@humboldtuni.bsky.social), Mark Dawson (@delorsberlin.bsky.social @thehertieschool.bsky.social), Frank Schorkopf (@unigoettingen.bsky.social)
Roya Sangi (Redeker Sellner Dahs), Kirsten Scholl (@bmwk.de) und
Antje Wiener (@uni-hamburg.de)
Matthias Ruffert (@humboldtuni.bsky.social), Mark Dawson (@delorsberlin.bsky.social @thehertieschool.bsky.social), Frank Schorkopf (@unigoettingen.bsky.social)
Roya Sangi (Redeker Sellner Dahs), Kirsten Scholl (@bmwk.de) und
Antje Wiener (@uni-hamburg.de)
Tolles Event am 20. Februar an der @humboldtuni.bsky.social mit wunderbaren Gästen! Anmelden bei berlin@mpil.de!
📢 Save the date! Am 20. Februar 2025 findet an der Juristischen Fakultät der HU Berlin eine MPIL Book Conversation zum Launch des Studienbuchs „Unionsverfassungsrecht. Eine Neubestimmung anhand der Grundlagen im EU-Vertrag“ Bast/ von Bogdandy (Hrsg.) statt.
📍 HU Berlin.
Anmeldung: berlin@mpil.de
📍 HU Berlin.
Anmeldung: berlin@mpil.de
February 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Tolles Event am 20. Februar an der @humboldtuni.bsky.social mit wunderbaren Gästen! Anmelden bei berlin@mpil.de!