’Democracy is not a “vibe”; it is a system that protects people from arbitrary power. Once degraded, democratic safeguards are expensive to rebuild, and in the meantime everything else gets harder: competitiveness, social cohesion, security.‘
- op-ed worth reading by @ourruleoflaw.bsky.social

Democracy is not a vibe. It’s a system that protects people from arbitrary power. Once degraded, it’s costly to rebuild, and everything else gets harder.

Our op-ed in EUobserver: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

The terrific Our Rule of Law team has constructive advice for the European Union on how to be more than a single market - instead, a union of values: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

🚨 60 young Democracy Rapporteurs from 16 EU countries & Ukraine are calling on the European Commission to put democracy at the heart of its agenda

Today @ourruleoflaw.bsky.social launched the Our Democracy Report, written by young people for Europe’s future

www.ourruleoflaw.eu/our-democrac...

🚨 Young Europeans are calling on the European Commission to place democracy at the heart of its agenda.

60 Democracy Rapporteurs from 16 EU states + Ukraine launched the Our Democracy Report today.

🔗 www.ourruleoflaw.eu/our-democrac...

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🚨 Young Europeans are calling on the European Commission to place democracy at the heart of its agenda.

60 Democracy Rapporteurs from 16 EU member states and Ukraine launch the Our Democracy Report on 08/09

🎙 Press conference on 05/09 16CET.

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#TakeDemocracySeriously #YouthForDemocracy

🇪🇺 Calling all young Democracy Defenders!

📝 The Our Rule of Law Foundation is recruiting democracy reporters who will be trained by world-renowned experts in EU law, media coverage and political communication.

🗓️ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟯/𝟬𝟭/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟮𝟯:𝟱𝟵 𝗖𝗘𝗧

🔗 Info: bit.ly/4j5BWso

@ourruleoflaw.bsky.social

This year Friday the 13th will be an important day for young Democracy Defenders all over Europe.

Keep an eye out for announcements by @ourruleoflaw.bsky.social

🗣Calling all young Democracy Defenders!

This Friday, the 13th of December 2024, we are launching a new pan-European research project dedicated to students, who want to contribute to strengthening (our) democracy.

Applications will open on the same day, so mark your calendars!🔥

“Values are the core identity of the Union
HU measures run risk of massively eroding the EU
Frontal and deep attack by HU on values must be condemned
It is a breach of Article 2 TEU and of the Charter”

How powerful to hear this coming from the mouth of the COM legal agent

Shivers down spines here

Ok, here we go @profpech.bsky.social

These are the details:

Commission, supported by Parliament and 🇦🇹🇧🇪🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇮🇪🇱🇺🇲🇹🇳🇱🇵🇹🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪

vs.

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Full court, presided by President Lenaerts, reporting judge 🇪🇸 Maria Lourdes Arastey Sahún

Advocate-General: Tamara Ćapeta

Dear @jmorijn.bsky.social, you also appear to be in today's Politico Brussels Playbook :)

www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

Today I will attend - and try to “live BlueSky” - the hearing in Case C-769/22 (Commission v Hungary - values of the Union)

Below is what I will be looking out for

@hertieschool.bsky.social
@verfassungsblog.de
@profpech.bsky.social
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social
@rdanielkelemen.bsky.social

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📣 Calling all first-time voters…Vote4OurRuleofLaw Fellowship is here!

In 2019, only 42% of eligible voters in age bracket 16/18-24 turned out for the EP elections. This highlights the youth’s deep-rooted detachment from the EU. Vote4ORoL is here to change it! Here is how 👇

Catch us today at the University of Amsterdam, where we will give a talk to LLM students of the EU Law and European Competition Law Programme 🔥

Our presentation will focus on European rule of law, its importance and what are the most crucial aspects of it that we must protect.

The Our Rule of Law Foundation student-team interviewed Andras Lederer, @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social head of advocacy (introduced by @martapardavi.bsky.social)

Tremendous episode!

Available here:
open.spotify.com/episode/3jtm...

podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/a...

zencastr.com/Our-Rule-of-...

The Our Rule of Law Foundation arrived

Give it a follow - big news about big new projects soon!

@ourruleoflaw.bsky.social

Hi, it’s us 👋

Our Rule of Law Foundation is officially on Bluesky 🌌