Graham Butler
@grahambutler.bsky.social
Full Professor of Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
Web: grahambutler.eu
Web: grahambutler.eu
New book, now published.
The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present, and Future (Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, 2025), edited by Xavier Groussot, Marja-Liisa Öberg, and Graham Butler.
Hardback, here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eu-law-of...
Full open access, here: doi.org/10.5040/9781...
#EUlaw
The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present, and Future (Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, 2025), edited by Xavier Groussot, Marja-Liisa Öberg, and Graham Butler.
Hardback, here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eu-law-of...
Full open access, here: doi.org/10.5040/9781...
#EUlaw
September 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New book, now published.
The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present, and Future (Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, 2025), edited by Xavier Groussot, Marja-Liisa Öberg, and Graham Butler.
Hardback, here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eu-law-of...
Full open access, here: doi.org/10.5040/9781...
#EUlaw
The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present, and Future (Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury, 2025), edited by Xavier Groussot, Marja-Liisa Öberg, and Graham Butler.
Hardback, here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eu-law-of...
Full open access, here: doi.org/10.5040/9781...
#EUlaw
Appeals brought by Member States against General Court judgments to the Court of Justice under Article 56 of CJEU Statute
Case C-728/23 P.
Nice to see both a book I co-edited and an article I authored cited in the Opinion of the Advocate General today
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
#EUlaw #CJEU
Case C-728/23 P.
Nice to see both a book I co-edited and an article I authored cited in the Opinion of the Advocate General today
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
#EUlaw #CJEU
September 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Appeals brought by Member States against General Court judgments to the Court of Justice under Article 56 of CJEU Statute
Case C-728/23 P.
Nice to see both a book I co-edited and an article I authored cited in the Opinion of the Advocate General today
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
#EUlaw #CJEU
Case C-728/23 P.
Nice to see both a book I co-edited and an article I authored cited in the Opinion of the Advocate General today
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
#EUlaw #CJEU
This week in Copenhagen:
Meeting of the Agents (of the Member States) before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ⚖️ at the @danishmfa.bsky.social 🇩🇰🇪🇺
Speeches and discussion practice, procedure, and reasoning, sharing the stage with Niels Fenger, Susanne Lehrer, and Rass Holdgaard.
#EUlaw #CJEU
Meeting of the Agents (of the Member States) before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ⚖️ at the @danishmfa.bsky.social 🇩🇰🇪🇺
Speeches and discussion practice, procedure, and reasoning, sharing the stage with Niels Fenger, Susanne Lehrer, and Rass Holdgaard.
#EUlaw #CJEU
September 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week in Copenhagen:
Meeting of the Agents (of the Member States) before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ⚖️ at the @danishmfa.bsky.social 🇩🇰🇪🇺
Speeches and discussion practice, procedure, and reasoning, sharing the stage with Niels Fenger, Susanne Lehrer, and Rass Holdgaard.
#EUlaw #CJEU
Meeting of the Agents (of the Member States) before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ⚖️ at the @danishmfa.bsky.social 🇩🇰🇪🇺
Speeches and discussion practice, procedure, and reasoning, sharing the stage with Niels Fenger, Susanne Lehrer, and Rass Holdgaard.
#EUlaw #CJEU
Vacancy:
Doctoral Fellowship in European Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
📅 Apps: by 1 Nov '25.
💡 On offer: 4-year full-time salaried position.
💭 Interest in: Competition, data protection, privacy law.
👉 Job ID: HR-2025/1249:
🔗 EN: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I009/613...
#EUlaw
Doctoral Fellowship in European Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
📅 Apps: by 1 Nov '25.
💡 On offer: 4-year full-time salaried position.
💭 Interest in: Competition, data protection, privacy law.
👉 Job ID: HR-2025/1249:
🔗 EN: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I009/613...
#EUlaw
September 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Vacancy:
Doctoral Fellowship in European Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
📅 Apps: by 1 Nov '25.
💡 On offer: 4-year full-time salaried position.
💭 Interest in: Competition, data protection, privacy law.
👉 Job ID: HR-2025/1249:
🔗 EN: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I009/613...
#EUlaw
Doctoral Fellowship in European Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
📅 Apps: by 1 Nov '25.
💡 On offer: 4-year full-time salaried position.
💭 Interest in: Competition, data protection, privacy law.
👉 Job ID: HR-2025/1249:
🔗 EN: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I009/613...
#EUlaw
Reposted by Graham Butler
Another EU law institute has arrived on Bluesky! 👋
Starting with a blog post you can really sink your teeth into... 🦇
Starting with a blog post you can really sink your teeth into... 🦇
🧛🍬 Trademark clash in Finland over “Dracula” goods 🇫🇮
Supreme Court of 🇫🇮 referred the case to the CJEU 🇪🇺
CJEU ⚖️🇪🇺: national law cannot strip enforcement rights due to inactivity, unless acquiescence rules in the Trademark Directive
Maximum harmonisation ✅
👉 niels.institute/2025/08/04/c...
#EUlaw
Supreme Court of 🇫🇮 referred the case to the CJEU 🇪🇺
CJEU ⚖️🇪🇺: national law cannot strip enforcement rights due to inactivity, unless acquiescence rules in the Trademark Directive
Maximum harmonisation ✅
👉 niels.institute/2025/08/04/c...
#EUlaw
August 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Another EU law institute has arrived on Bluesky! 👋
Starting with a blog post you can really sink your teeth into... 🦇
Starting with a blog post you can really sink your teeth into... 🦇
Can the High Representative of the EU 🇪🇺 be in CJEU proceedings ⚖️ in their individual capacity (i.e., not as Commission VP, Head of the EEAS, other 'hats')?
Evidently, yes, though with nuances as intervener, applicant, and defendant.
My contribution in a new Festschrift:
doi.org/10.1163/9789...
Evidently, yes, though with nuances as intervener, applicant, and defendant.
My contribution in a new Festschrift:
doi.org/10.1163/9789...
July 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Can the High Representative of the EU 🇪🇺 be in CJEU proceedings ⚖️ in their individual capacity (i.e., not as Commission VP, Head of the EEAS, other 'hats')?
Evidently, yes, though with nuances as intervener, applicant, and defendant.
My contribution in a new Festschrift:
doi.org/10.1163/9789...
Evidently, yes, though with nuances as intervener, applicant, and defendant.
My contribution in a new Festschrift:
doi.org/10.1163/9789...
Is the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) leaning too heavily on 'solidarity' in its rulings?
I argue yes, and that is problematic as a matter of legal reasoning.
The full article is in current issue of the Maastricht Journal (MJ):
doi.org/10.1177/1023...
I argue yes, and that is problematic as a matter of legal reasoning.
The full article is in current issue of the Maastricht Journal (MJ):
doi.org/10.1177/1023...
May 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Is the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) leaning too heavily on 'solidarity' in its rulings?
I argue yes, and that is problematic as a matter of legal reasoning.
The full article is in current issue of the Maastricht Journal (MJ):
doi.org/10.1177/1023...
I argue yes, and that is problematic as a matter of legal reasoning.
The full article is in current issue of the Maastricht Journal (MJ):
doi.org/10.1177/1023...
New book out now.
Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law, edited by one, but written by many.
Focusing on the internal market aspects of the EFTA pillar of the EEA.
Available in hardback: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...
Available online: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
#EUlaw #EEAlaw
Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law, edited by one, but written by many.
Focusing on the internal market aspects of the EFTA pillar of the EEA.
Available in hardback: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...
Available online: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
#EUlaw #EEAlaw
March 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New book out now.
Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law, edited by one, but written by many.
Focusing on the internal market aspects of the EFTA pillar of the EEA.
Available in hardback: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...
Available online: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
#EUlaw #EEAlaw
Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law, edited by one, but written by many.
Focusing on the internal market aspects of the EFTA pillar of the EEA.
Available in hardback: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...
Available online: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
#EUlaw #EEAlaw
Reposted by Graham Butler
Kom på lanseringsseminar for Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law, redigert av professor Graham Butler, den 4. mars 2025 klokken 12:00 👇
Boklanseringsseminar: Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law
I samarbeid med Senter for europarett arrangerer Norsk forening for europarett et lanseringsseminar for Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law, redigert av professor Graham Butler, den 4. mars 2025 klokken 12:00. Seminaret avholdes på engelsk i lokalene til Det juridiske fakultets lokaler (Domus Juridica), Kristian Augusts gate 17, 8. etasje, rom 8113. Det er også mulig å delta digitalt via Zoom.
europarett.no
January 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Kom på lanseringsseminar for Research Handbook on EEA Internal Market Law, redigert av professor Graham Butler, den 4. mars 2025 klokken 12:00 👇
Reposted by Graham Butler
An excellent European Affairs Committee’s session on the legal aspects of UK-EU reset with @cbarnard.bsky.social, @grahambutler.bsky.social & Sir Richard Aikens is now available on-demand parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
European Affairs Committee
parliamentlive.tv
January 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
An excellent European Affairs Committee’s session on the legal aspects of UK-EU reset with @cbarnard.bsky.social, @grahambutler.bsky.social & Sir Richard Aikens is now available on-demand parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Deposit return schemes (on drinks containers)
Are they still justified in the interests of the environment, as long claimed?
They are an impediment to the EU's internal market in the food/drink sector.
My new article (open access) in @recieljournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
#EUlaw
Are they still justified in the interests of the environment, as long claimed?
They are an impediment to the EU's internal market in the food/drink sector.
My new article (open access) in @recieljournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
#EUlaw
January 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Deposit return schemes (on drinks containers)
Are they still justified in the interests of the environment, as long claimed?
They are an impediment to the EU's internal market in the food/drink sector.
My new article (open access) in @recieljournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
#EUlaw
Are they still justified in the interests of the environment, as long claimed?
They are an impediment to the EU's internal market in the food/drink sector.
My new article (open access) in @recieljournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/reel...
#EUlaw
Liberty Media (commercial rights holder of Formula One, motorcar racing) wants to now acquire the commercial rights of MotoGP, motorcycle racing.
The Commission is concerned this will lead to over-concentrated in the motorsport broadcasting market.
Today's OJ: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
The Commission is concerned this will lead to over-concentrated in the motorsport broadcasting market.
Today's OJ: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
January 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Liberty Media (commercial rights holder of Formula One, motorcar racing) wants to now acquire the commercial rights of MotoGP, motorcycle racing.
The Commission is concerned this will lead to over-concentrated in the motorsport broadcasting market.
Today's OJ: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
The Commission is concerned this will lead to over-concentrated in the motorsport broadcasting market.
Today's OJ: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Conference and Essays in Honour of Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston.
Kudos to Catherine Barnard, Adam Lazowski, and Daniel Sarmiento for the organisation and hosting at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, this week.
The book is here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pursuit-o...
Kudos to Catherine Barnard, Adam Lazowski, and Daniel Sarmiento for the organisation and hosting at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, this week.
The book is here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pursuit-o...
October 26, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Conference and Essays in Honour of Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston.
Kudos to Catherine Barnard, Adam Lazowski, and Daniel Sarmiento for the organisation and hosting at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, this week.
The book is here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pursuit-o...
Kudos to Catherine Barnard, Adam Lazowski, and Daniel Sarmiento for the organisation and hosting at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, this week.
The book is here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pursuit-o...
Reposted by Graham Butler
And here it is:
www.thomasverellen.com/blog/ks-and-kd-on-the-jurisdiction-of-the-cjeu-within-the-cfsp-taking-conferral-seriously
www.thomasverellen.com/blog/ks-and-kd-on-the-jurisdiction-of-the-cjeu-within-the-cfsp-taking-conferral-seriously
KS and KD, on the Jurisdiction of the CJEU within the CFSP: Taking Conferral Seriously? — Thomas Verellen
The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice delivered its judgment on the
cases of KS and KD, and Neves 77 Solutions on September 10th, 2024. Both
cases addressed the scope of the CJEU’s jurisdiction ...
www.thomasverellen.com
September 12, 2024 at 8:43 AM
European (non-EU) international administrative tribunals of international organisations.
On the ECMWF Appeals Board and and the broader development of international administrative law.
I have a new article in the Journal of International Dispute Settlement: doi.org/10.1093/jnli...
On the ECMWF Appeals Board and and the broader development of international administrative law.
I have a new article in the Journal of International Dispute Settlement: doi.org/10.1093/jnli...
September 4, 2024 at 2:08 PM
European (non-EU) international administrative tribunals of international organisations.
On the ECMWF Appeals Board and and the broader development of international administrative law.
I have a new article in the Journal of International Dispute Settlement: doi.org/10.1093/jnli...
On the ECMWF Appeals Board and and the broader development of international administrative law.
I have a new article in the Journal of International Dispute Settlement: doi.org/10.1093/jnli...
Reposted by Graham Butler
Just thought I would shamelessly repost this, given I originally posted it before the Bluesky gold rush: my and @grahambutler.bsky.social’s considered take on the extent of the Commission President’s power to sack members of the Commission.
Pleased to see this piece with @grahambutler.bsky.social published in the CML Rev. It draws interesting conclusions about the Commission President’s power to dismiss Commissioners, a power we think is more extensive than has been realised in existing literature. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
The president of the European Commission and the power to request a Commissioner’s resignation - Common Market Law Review
View The president of the European Commission and the power to request a Commissioner’s resignation by - Common Market Law Review
kluwerlawonline.com
August 26, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Just thought I would shamelessly repost this, given I originally posted it before the Bluesky gold rush: my and @grahambutler.bsky.social’s considered take on the extent of the Commission President’s power to sack members of the Commission.
Reposted by Graham Butler
Pleased to see this piece with @grahambutler.bsky.social published in the CML Rev. It draws interesting conclusions about the Commission President’s power to dismiss Commissioners, a power we think is more extensive than has been realised in existing literature. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
The president of the European Commission and the power to request a Commissioner’s resignation - Common Market Law Review
View The president of the European Commission and the power to request a Commissioner’s resignation by - Common Market Law Review
kluwerlawonline.com
May 17, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Pleased to see this piece with @grahambutler.bsky.social published in the CML Rev. It draws interesting conclusions about the Commission President’s power to dismiss Commissioners, a power we think is more extensive than has been realised in existing literature. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
Judgment by the Grand Chamber of the CJEU in Case C-551/21, Commission v Council (Gabon) today.
Big win for the Commission.
For almost all international agreements (ex. CFSP matters, it is 'it' that signs the treaty (para. 81), and not the Council.
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
Big win for the Commission.
For almost all international agreements (ex. CFSP matters, it is 'it' that signs the treaty (para. 81), and not the Council.
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
CURIA - Case information
curia.europa.eu
April 9, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Judgment by the Grand Chamber of the CJEU in Case C-551/21, Commission v Council (Gabon) today.
Big win for the Commission.
For almost all international agreements (ex. CFSP matters, it is 'it' that signs the treaty (para. 81), and not the Council.
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
Big win for the Commission.
For almost all international agreements (ex. CFSP matters, it is 'it' that signs the treaty (para. 81), and not the Council.
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
There are good days.
There are great days.
And there are days when an article is accepted by the Common Market Law Review.
@drjohncotter.bsky.social & @grahambutler.bsky.social, "The President of the European Commission and the Power to Request a Commissioner’s Resignation", CMLRev, Vol. 60 (2024).
There are great days.
And there are days when an article is accepted by the Common Market Law Review.
@drjohncotter.bsky.social & @grahambutler.bsky.social, "The President of the European Commission and the Power to Request a Commissioner’s Resignation", CMLRev, Vol. 60 (2024).
January 26, 2024 at 11:55 AM
There are good days.
There are great days.
And there are days when an article is accepted by the Common Market Law Review.
@drjohncotter.bsky.social & @grahambutler.bsky.social, "The President of the European Commission and the Power to Request a Commissioner’s Resignation", CMLRev, Vol. 60 (2024).
There are great days.
And there are days when an article is accepted by the Common Market Law Review.
@drjohncotter.bsky.social & @grahambutler.bsky.social, "The President of the European Commission and the Power to Request a Commissioner’s Resignation", CMLRev, Vol. 60 (2024).
Is a CFSP Common Position 'binding'?
Denmark has changed it view.
Today's Information newspaper: "Civil service misunderstood arms exports rules and misinformed parliament" (Embedsværket misforstod regler for våbeneksport og fejlinformerede Folketinget).
www.information.dk/indland/2024...
Denmark has changed it view.
Today's Information newspaper: "Civil service misunderstood arms exports rules and misinformed parliament" (Embedsværket misforstod regler for våbeneksport og fejlinformerede Folketinget).
www.information.dk/indland/2024...
Embedsværket misforstod regler for våbeneksport og fejlinformerede Folketinget
De europæiske regler for våbeneksport er juridisk bindende for Danmark, erkender ministerier – efter tidligere at have påstået det modsatte.
www.information.dk
January 22, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Is a CFSP Common Position 'binding'?
Denmark has changed it view.
Today's Information newspaper: "Civil service misunderstood arms exports rules and misinformed parliament" (Embedsværket misforstod regler for våbeneksport og fejlinformerede Folketinget).
www.information.dk/indland/2024...
Denmark has changed it view.
Today's Information newspaper: "Civil service misunderstood arms exports rules and misinformed parliament" (Embedsværket misforstod regler for våbeneksport og fejlinformerede Folketinget).
www.information.dk/indland/2024...
Reposted by Graham Butler
Today, we celebrated the PhD defense of Christian Thorning, welcoming ‘highly learned opponents’ from @grahambutler.bsky.social Ulla Neergard and others.
Congrats to the new doctor! Proposition no. 7 will definitely be worth considering for the next writing crisis!
Congrats to the new doctor! Proposition no. 7 will definitely be worth considering for the next writing crisis!
December 21, 2023 at 2:51 PM
Today, we celebrated the PhD defense of Christian Thorning, welcoming ‘highly learned opponents’ from @grahambutler.bsky.social Ulla Neergard and others.
Congrats to the new doctor! Proposition no. 7 will definitely be worth considering for the next writing crisis!
Congrats to the new doctor! Proposition no. 7 will definitely be worth considering for the next writing crisis!
Can an Member State national/Union citizen (not a third country national) have restrictive measures (sanctions) imposed on them?
No clear answer yet.
But today's judgment in Case T-313/22, Abramovich (paras. 163-164) appears to say yes:
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
No clear answer yet.
But today's judgment in Case T-313/22, Abramovich (paras. 163-164) appears to say yes:
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
CURIA - Case information
curia.europa.eu
December 20, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Can an Member State national/Union citizen (not a third country national) have restrictive measures (sanctions) imposed on them?
No clear answer yet.
But today's judgment in Case T-313/22, Abramovich (paras. 163-164) appears to say yes:
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
No clear answer yet.
But today's judgment in Case T-313/22, Abramovich (paras. 163-164) appears to say yes:
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
Judgment of the General Court in Case T‑233/22, Islentyeva v Council today
A dual Lux-Russian national holding a Lux private pilots license loses the case.
But at the same time, clarifies that Lux is wrongly interpreting the CFSP sanctions (and she can still fly).
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
A dual Lux-Russian national holding a Lux private pilots license loses the case.
But at the same time, clarifies that Lux is wrongly interpreting the CFSP sanctions (and she can still fly).
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
CURIA - Case information
curia.europa.eu
December 20, 2023 at 9:21 AM
Judgment of the General Court in Case T‑233/22, Islentyeva v Council today
A dual Lux-Russian national holding a Lux private pilots license loses the case.
But at the same time, clarifies that Lux is wrongly interpreting the CFSP sanctions (and she can still fly).
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
A dual Lux-Russian national holding a Lux private pilots license loses the case.
But at the same time, clarifies that Lux is wrongly interpreting the CFSP sanctions (and she can still fly).
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....
Updates on EU-Swiss relations today.
Helpful PDFs on each sectoral area (from the Swiss perspective)
www.admin.ch/gov/en/start...
H/t @stevepeers.bsky.social
Helpful PDFs on each sectoral area (from the Swiss perspective)
www.admin.ch/gov/en/start...
H/t @stevepeers.bsky.social
Federal Council approves draft negotiating mandate with European Union
Current information from the Federal Administration. All press releases from the Federal Administration, the departments and offices.
www.admin.ch
December 15, 2023 at 8:46 PM
Updates on EU-Swiss relations today.
Helpful PDFs on each sectoral area (from the Swiss perspective)
www.admin.ch/gov/en/start...
H/t @stevepeers.bsky.social
Helpful PDFs on each sectoral area (from the Swiss perspective)
www.admin.ch/gov/en/start...
H/t @stevepeers.bsky.social
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CJEU jurisdiction over human rights and EU foreign policy missions
Analysis of a recent Advocate General's opinion, by Antje Kunst
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/11/judi...
Analysis of a recent Advocate General's opinion, by Antje Kunst
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/11/judi...
Judicial control over alleged breaches of fundamental rights in the implementation of Eulex Kosovo a...
Antje Kunst* Photo credit : Sharon Hahn Darlin, via Wikimedia Commons Advocate General (‘AG’) Ćapeta delivered her Opinion in Joined...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
December 1, 2023 at 7:30 AM
CJEU jurisdiction over human rights and EU foreign policy missions
Analysis of a recent Advocate General's opinion, by Antje Kunst
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/11/judi...
Analysis of a recent Advocate General's opinion, by Antje Kunst
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/11/judi...