Jens Woelk
@jenswoelk.bsky.social
Professor in Comparative Constitutional Law @UniversityTrento (Italy). Interested in European integration, EU enlargement, South Eastern Europe, Rule of Law, Democracy, Federalism, Autonomy, Minority Rights and many more topics
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As a matter of EU law, national courts must refuse to enforce any judgment ordering a newspaper publishing house/journalists to pay damages in a situation where doing so would give rise to a manifest breach of the freedom of the press (C-633/22)
verfassungsblog.de/fundamental-...
verfassungsblog.de/fundamental-...
Fundamental Rights Score a Goal
verfassungsblog.de
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
As a matter of EU law, national courts must refuse to enforce any judgment ordering a newspaper publishing house/journalists to pay damages in a situation where doing so would give rise to a manifest breach of the freedom of the press (C-633/22)
verfassungsblog.de/fundamental-...
verfassungsblog.de/fundamental-...
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« La question des Arméniens du Haut-Karabakh n’est pas une affaire de frontières ou d’ethnie, mais d’universalité des droits humains », considèrent 23 parlementaires internationaux
« La question des Arméniens du Haut-Karabakh n’est pas une affaire de frontières ou d’ethnie, mais d’universalité des droits humains », considèrent 23 parlementaires internationaux
www.lemonde.fr
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
« La question des Arméniens du Haut-Karabakh n’est pas une affaire de frontières ou d’ethnie, mais d’universalité des droits humains », considèrent 23 parlementaires internationaux
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I don't think this will actually happen. But if it does, the UK should simply start subjecting the actions of US-owned social media platforms in this country to British law. Incitement, defamation, intellectual property.
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I don't think this will actually happen. But if it does, the UK should simply start subjecting the actions of US-owned social media platforms in this country to British law. Incitement, defamation, intellectual property.
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L’attacco su Kyiv, la distruzione delle infrastrutture energetiche, l’accerchiamento di Pokrovsk e le dimissioni dei ministri ucraini disegnano un quadro fosco della guerra in Ucraina. Ma è sbagliato interpretare questi eventi secondo la narrativa russa. Oggi su la Stampa
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
L’attacco su Kyiv, la distruzione delle infrastrutture energetiche, l’accerchiamento di Pokrovsk e le dimissioni dei ministri ucraini disegnano un quadro fosco della guerra in Ucraina. Ma è sbagliato interpretare questi eventi secondo la narrativa russa. Oggi su la Stampa
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"The BBC is therefore to be congratulated for dealing with this legal threat in the best way. The broadcaster has yielded where it needed to yield, but it is resolute where the claim has overreached itself. This is always the best way for dealing with such legal threats."
Why the BBC is right not to pay damages to Trump
By apologising, the broadcaster has taken the sting out of Trump’s excessive attack
By me, at New Statesman
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
By apologising, the broadcaster has taken the sting out of Trump’s excessive attack
By me, at New Statesman
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The BBC is right not to pay damages to Trump
By apologising, the broadcaster has taken the sting out of Trump's excessive attack
www.newstatesman.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"The BBC is therefore to be congratulated for dealing with this legal threat in the best way. The broadcaster has yielded where it needed to yield, but it is resolute where the claim has overreached itself. This is always the best way for dealing with such legal threats."
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One year ago, I warned that Ursula von der Leyen knew that her then-new commission needed support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun.
Yet @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @reneweurope.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu supported it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yet @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @reneweurope.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu supported it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Alberto Alemanno on X: "One year ago, I warned that Ursula von der Leyen knew that her then-new commission needed support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun. Today it should be clear to everyone, in particular to @GreensEFA @RenewEurope @TheProgressives https://t.co/Q0vXjVBsxU" / X
One year ago, I warned that Ursula von der Leyen knew that her then-new commission needed support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun. Today it should be clear to everyone, in particular to @GreensEFA @RenewEurope @TheProgressives https://t.co/Q0vXjVBsxU
x.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
One year ago, I warned that Ursula von der Leyen knew that her then-new commission needed support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun.
Yet @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @reneweurope.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu supported it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yet @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @reneweurope.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu supported it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The only way to deal with this regime is to fight back. Anything else is capitulation. This injunction was won by faculty and staff orgs and unions, not by any UC leader in Oakland or at a campus level.
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...
www.latimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The only way to deal with this regime is to fight back. Anything else is capitulation. This injunction was won by faculty and staff orgs and unions, not by any UC leader in Oakland or at a campus level.
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
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"Kinder kosteten extra" - politisch gut vernetzte Reiche auch aus Deutschland reisten nach #Sarajevo und zahlten dafür, Menschen zu ermorden. Es ist abscheulich. Wie kann es sein, dass dagegen erst jetzt ermittelt wird? www.n-tv.de/panorama/Woc...
Wochenend-Scharfschützen auf der Jagd nach Menschen
Der Mailänder Staatsanwalt Guido Salvini hat seit Februar dieses Jahres eine wahrlich unfassbare Ermittlungsarbeit aufgenommen: Es geht um den Vorwurf, dass reiche und einflussreiche Männer sehr viel ...
www.n-tv.de
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Brazil continues to lead the way in taking on rogue power. A Supreme Court panel has moved to put lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro on trial for seeking Trump's help to halt criminal proceedings against his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Brazil continues to lead the way in taking on rogue power. A Supreme Court panel has moved to put lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro on trial for seeking Trump's help to halt criminal proceedings against his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
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"Kinder kosteten extra" - politisch gut vernetzte Reiche auch aus Deutschland reisten nach #Sarajevo und zahlten dafür, Menschen zu ermorden. Es ist abscheulich. Wie kann es sein, dass dagegen erst jetzt ermittelt wird? www.n-tv.de/panorama/Woc...
Wochenend-Scharfschützen auf der Jagd nach Menschen
Der Mailänder Staatsanwalt Guido Salvini hat seit Februar dieses Jahres eine wahrlich unfassbare Ermittlungsarbeit aufgenommen: Es geht um den Vorwurf, dass reiche und einflussreiche Männer sehr viel ...
www.n-tv.de
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"Kinder kosteten extra" - politisch gut vernetzte Reiche auch aus Deutschland reisten nach #Sarajevo und zahlten dafür, Menschen zu ermorden. Es ist abscheulich. Wie kann es sein, dass dagegen erst jetzt ermittelt wird? www.n-tv.de/panorama/Woc...
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"Our new Red Scare, like the first, is obsessed with immigration and the potential of left-wing political violence—then, anarchists and Communists; today, the imagined, shadowy antifa. Like the second, it is coupled with unease about changing norms regarding gender and sexuality."
The Third Red Scare
The Trump administration is cracking down on Americans’ freedom of speech, but the First Amendment won’t go down without a fight.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Our new Red Scare, like the first, is obsessed with immigration and the potential of left-wing political violence—then, anarchists and Communists; today, the imagined, shadowy antifa. Like the second, it is coupled with unease about changing norms regarding gender and sexuality."
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November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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100 billion would not be enough!
US President Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion after the British broadcaster apologised for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but said it would not pay damages.
Trump says will sue BBC for up to $5bn over video edit
US President Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion after the British broadcaster apologised for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but said it would not pay damages.
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
100 billion would not be enough!
They could train AI a bit better
Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
They could train AI a bit better
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Trump et al "have engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First Amendment and Tenth Amendment. It also shows that they have flouted the requirements of Title VI and IX and cancelled funding in an arbitrary and capricious manner while ignoring required procedural safeguards"
A huge district court victory for the University of California.
District courts find facts. This one found "overwhelming evidence" that the Trump administration has pervasively violated the First Amendment in its efforts to coerce and intimidate the University of California.
News story here—
District courts find facts. This one found "overwhelming evidence" that the Trump administration has pervasively violated the First Amendment in its efforts to coerce and intimidate the University of California.
News story here—
‘Unlawful coercion’: Trump can’t withhold funds or demand payment from UC, federal judge rules
A federal judge ruled Donald Trump cannot demand that UCLA pay a $1.2 billion settlement that would have restricted academic freedoms.
calmatters.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Trump et al "have engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First Amendment and Tenth Amendment. It also shows that they have flouted the requirements of Title VI and IX and cancelled funding in an arbitrary and capricious manner while ignoring required procedural safeguards"
Frightening!!! We will be eternally caught in a the present… Memory?
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Frightening!!! We will be eternally caught in a the present… Memory?
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I am late but it is still Friday in some parts of the world 😉
#BirdOfTheDay and todays theme set by @alan678.bsky.social is #swans
#BirdOfTheDay and todays theme set by @alan678.bsky.social is #swans
November 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I am late but it is still Friday in some parts of the world 😉
#BirdOfTheDay and todays theme set by @alan678.bsky.social is #swans
#BirdOfTheDay and todays theme set by @alan678.bsky.social is #swans
Common sense!
Apposite across the Atlantic.
“Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my Lords, that where laws end, there tyranny begins.”
The Great Commoner, William Pitt the Elder, born #OTD 1708.
Portrait by William Hoare c. 1754, National Portrait Gallery London
The Great Commoner, William Pitt the Elder, born #OTD 1708.
Portrait by William Hoare c. 1754, National Portrait Gallery London
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Common sense!
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before. https://cnn.it/4oIRswI
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before. https://cnn.it/4oIRswI
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All this Trump Epstein stuff is bringing the Bible story of Nebuchadnezzar's dream strongly to my mind. A giant seemingly impregnable statue crumbling on its feet of clay. Only in my head the statue is Trump and a bunch of people in suits prostrating themselves at the base are about to get crushed
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
All this Trump Epstein stuff is bringing the Bible story of Nebuchadnezzar's dream strongly to my mind. A giant seemingly impregnable statue crumbling on its feet of clay. Only in my head the statue is Trump and a bunch of people in suits prostrating themselves at the base are about to get crushed
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Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power
Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power
Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed this
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power
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To everyone sympathetic for Ukraine who is trying to downplay this or do whataboutism pointing to corruption in the West - the best thing we can do for Ukraine is to help it eliminate corruption ASAP, as it's the single biggest weakness of the country.
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
To everyone sympathetic for Ukraine who is trying to downplay this or do whataboutism pointing to corruption in the West - the best thing we can do for Ukraine is to help it eliminate corruption ASAP, as it's the single biggest weakness of the country.
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🇺🇦 One of the best bits of journalism last week I saw was @pravda.ua doing a 20 minute video compilation of Zelensky's various statements about needing to stamp out corruption in Ukraine over the years - from his 2019 campaign trail to now. No comments were necessary.
Bags of cash and a gold toilet: the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government on.ft.com/49lJhla
Bags of cash and a gold toilet: the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government
Senior Ukrainians are accused of taking kickbacks from projects to defend energy plants in wartime, prompting a wave of public anger
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🇺🇦 One of the best bits of journalism last week I saw was @pravda.ua doing a 20 minute video compilation of Zelensky's various statements about needing to stamp out corruption in Ukraine over the years - from his 2019 campaign trail to now. No comments were necessary.
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"What can I, as a citizen, do to counter this descent into authoritarianism? The No Kings rallies were one answer. The 2025 elections were another. And now, the next step is coming into focus." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security
Don’t underestimate how Trump and his allies will attempt to control the outcome of the midterms.
www.thebulwark.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"What can I, as a citizen, do to counter this descent into authoritarianism? The No Kings rallies were one answer. The 2025 elections were another. And now, the next step is coming into focus." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...