Merijn Chamon
@merijnchamon.bsky.social
Professor of EU Law @ Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Visiting Professor @ College of Europe
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Merijn Chamon
@merijnchamon.bsky.social
· Nov 15
The essential starter pack
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Het parlement heeft eindelijk een verenigde positie op Gaza en eist sancties tegen Israël. Onze resolutie veroordeeld het brute geweld tegen de burgerbevolking en het saboteren van een tweestatenoplossing door Israël moet onmiddellijk stoppen. Maar we moeten veel meer doen. 1/3
September 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Het parlement heeft eindelijk een verenigde positie op Gaza en eist sancties tegen Israël. Onze resolutie veroordeeld het brute geweld tegen de burgerbevolking en het saboteren van een tweestatenoplossing door Israël moet onmiddellijk stoppen. Maar we moeten veel meer doen. 1/3
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European Parliament President Roberta Metsola rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence today for slain US conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
Uproar as EU Parliament declines to hold minute of silence for Charlie Kirk
Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence today for slain US conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
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a new edition of the banking union case law tracker is out:
www.linkedin.com/posts/profre...
www.linkedin.com/posts/profre...
new edition banking union case law tracker | René Smits
ECB, banking, supervision, resolution, SRB, European Court of Justice, case law, prudential supervision, transparency
www.linkedin.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
a new edition of the banking union case law tracker is out:
www.linkedin.com/posts/profre...
www.linkedin.com/posts/profre...
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On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
August 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
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De fitis: geen fitness-app (enfin, misschien ook wel... 🤔), maar een groengeel, melancholisch zingend verenpakketje van ca. 10g 💚💛
August 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
De fitis: geen fitness-app (enfin, misschien ook wel... 🤔), maar een groengeel, melancholisch zingend verenpakketje van ca. 10g 💚💛
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My take on the "what's the point of pointing out facts" argument is
a) *someone* might be influenced
b) the truth has an intrinsic value (and I can't understand why some people think otherwise)
c) yes it's not the only argument
d) it's nihilistic to shrug and make no effort to assert it
a) *someone* might be influenced
b) the truth has an intrinsic value (and I can't understand why some people think otherwise)
c) yes it's not the only argument
d) it's nihilistic to shrug and make no effort to assert it
August 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My take on the "what's the point of pointing out facts" argument is
a) *someone* might be influenced
b) the truth has an intrinsic value (and I can't understand why some people think otherwise)
c) yes it's not the only argument
d) it's nihilistic to shrug and make no effort to assert it
a) *someone* might be influenced
b) the truth has an intrinsic value (and I can't understand why some people think otherwise)
c) yes it's not the only argument
d) it's nihilistic to shrug and make no effort to assert it
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Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
August 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
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Great response to this. You don't get to ask Newsom about his posts and pretend Trump isn't doing the same thing multiple times a day.
Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
August 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Great response to this. You don't get to ask Newsom about his posts and pretend Trump isn't doing the same thing multiple times a day.
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"Haalbaar en betaalbaar!"
Ow nee wacht: dat is een argument dat ze enkel gebruiken tégen beleid dat poogt de klimaatverandering die ons allen bedreigt te temperen.
Niet om belastingsgeld over de balk te smijten ten behoeve van enkelingen.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Ow nee wacht: dat is een argument dat ze enkel gebruiken tégen beleid dat poogt de klimaatverandering die ons allen bedreigt te temperen.
Niet om belastingsgeld over de balk te smijten ten behoeve van enkelingen.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Antwerp Airport in slechte financiële papieren: totale verlies loopt op tot 2,3 miljoen euro | VRT NWS: nieuws
Het verlies van de regionale luchthaven in Deurne is toegenomen tot een totaal van 2,3 miljoen euro. Dat blijkt uit de jaarrekening. De vennootschap verkeert in zorgwekkende financiële toestand, is st...
www.vrt.be
August 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"Haalbaar en betaalbaar!"
Ow nee wacht: dat is een argument dat ze enkel gebruiken tégen beleid dat poogt de klimaatverandering die ons allen bedreigt te temperen.
Niet om belastingsgeld over de balk te smijten ten behoeve van enkelingen.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Ow nee wacht: dat is een argument dat ze enkel gebruiken tégen beleid dat poogt de klimaatverandering die ons allen bedreigt te temperen.
Niet om belastingsgeld over de balk te smijten ten behoeve van enkelingen.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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the technology that will save us all /s
Thanks AI, this historical timeline is incredibly useful and will really help my students...😑
August 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
the technology that will save us all /s
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EU’s ex-top diplomat says von der Leyen ‘complicit’ in Israeli war crimes in Gaza
EU's ex-top diplomat says von der Leyen 'complicit' in Israeli war crimes in Gaza
www.euractiv.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
EU’s ex-top diplomat says von der Leyen ‘complicit’ in Israeli war crimes in Gaza
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🚨 On the agenda of today's EU Commission meeting: proposal to partly suspend Israel from the EU Horizon research programme
(Would need qualified majority vote of Member States)
(Would need qualified majority vote of Member States)
July 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🚨 On the agenda of today's EU Commission meeting: proposal to partly suspend Israel from the EU Horizon research programme
(Would need qualified majority vote of Member States)
(Would need qualified majority vote of Member States)
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Really inconsiderate of Gazan children to choose the school holiday period to starve to death and therefore force Freeman to confront her own complicity in genocide.
[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]
archive.ph/6auwd
[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]
archive.ph/6auwd
July 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Really inconsiderate of Gazan children to choose the school holiday period to starve to death and therefore force Freeman to confront her own complicity in genocide.
[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]
archive.ph/6auwd
[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]
archive.ph/6auwd
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11.11.11 vraagt Tomorrowland Israëlische dj te schrappen: "Hij ondersteunt genocide" vrtnws.be/p.mRvXKYnKN?t=175... @vrtnws.be
11.11.11 vraagt Tomorrowland Israëlische dj te schrappen: "Hij ondersteunt genocide"
vrtnws.be
July 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
11.11.11 vraagt Tomorrowland Israëlische dj te schrappen: "Hij ondersteunt genocide" vrtnws.be/p.mRvXKYnKN?t=175... @vrtnws.be
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EU Commission to ask CJEU to rule on whether the latest attempt to draft a treaty for EU accession to the ECHR is compatible with EU law
July 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
EU Commission to ask CJEU to rule on whether the latest attempt to draft a treaty for EU accession to the ECHR is compatible with EU law
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Much has been said and written about yesterday’s advisory opinion of the #ICJ on the obligations of states in relation to the fight against #ClimateChange. What I find truly remarkable is the last paragraph on judicial self-restraint and on climate as a global challenge
July 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Much has been said and written about yesterday’s advisory opinion of the #ICJ on the obligations of states in relation to the fight against #ClimateChange. What I find truly remarkable is the last paragraph on judicial self-restraint and on climate as a global challenge
The assumption that the Council can only suspend the association agreement with Israel through a unanimous vote, is erroneous in my opinion. In this post for @verfassungsblog.de I try to spell out why that is the case.
While the legal obligation to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement remains contested, it is commonly believed that such a suspension would require a unanimous decision by the Council.
MERIJN CHAMON, however, takes a different view:
verfassungsblog.de/suspension-o...
MERIJN CHAMON, however, takes a different view:
verfassungsblog.de/suspension-o...
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The assumption that the Council can only suspend the association agreement with Israel through a unanimous vote, is erroneous in my opinion. In this post for @verfassungsblog.de I try to spell out why that is the case.
The CLEER Summer School on EU External Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is well under way. Currently @ramseswessel.bsky.social on the #CFSP
June 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The CLEER Summer School on EU External Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is well under way. Currently @ramseswessel.bsky.social on the #CFSP
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Semi-structured interviewing is an ever-more common method in (sociolegal) research.
Yet, few lawyers are trained in social scientific methods.
Hopefully, this piece answers some initial methodological questions and/or makes more people curious about interviews as method in legal research!
🤓☺️
Yet, few lawyers are trained in social scientific methods.
Hopefully, this piece answers some initial methodological questions and/or makes more people curious about interviews as method in legal research!
🤓☺️
And to think – all of this insight simply from a few good conversations!
MORITZ SCHRAMM (@schrammmo.bsky.social) shares his personal insights on semi-structured expert interviews:
verfassungsblog.de/just-asking/
MORITZ SCHRAMM (@schrammmo.bsky.social) shares his personal insights on semi-structured expert interviews:
verfassungsblog.de/just-asking/
May 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Semi-structured interviewing is an ever-more common method in (sociolegal) research.
Yet, few lawyers are trained in social scientific methods.
Hopefully, this piece answers some initial methodological questions and/or makes more people curious about interviews as method in legal research!
🤓☺️
Yet, few lawyers are trained in social scientific methods.
Hopefully, this piece answers some initial methodological questions and/or makes more people curious about interviews as method in legal research!
🤓☺️
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On account of being very tired of all this and trying to write a presentation on exporting to the US for Tue (which will for sure be out of date by Tue) I'm just going to repost stuff on last night's reversal, sorry, "clarification".
If I'm reading this right, the big Trump administration tariff exemptions from today seem to be based on declaring all of the covered products to be "semiconductors." Legally speaking, this seems a bit suspect.
Clarification of Exceptions Under Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025, as Amended
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE UNITED STATES TRADE
www.whitehouse.gov
April 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
On account of being very tired of all this and trying to write a presentation on exporting to the US for Tue (which will for sure be out of date by Tue) I'm just going to repost stuff on last night's reversal, sorry, "clarification".
Very remarkable to see that in quite a number of EU sanctions cases brought by non-sanctioned parties, the General Court skips admissibility and proceeds to dismiss on the merits in the interest of procedural economy (e.g. T-828/22, T-797/22, T-307/22) - Avoiding to have to deal with Plaumann?
March 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Very remarkable to see that in quite a number of EU sanctions cases brought by non-sanctioned parties, the General Court skips admissibility and proceeds to dismiss on the merits in the interest of procedural economy (e.g. T-828/22, T-797/22, T-307/22) - Avoiding to have to deal with Plaumann?
Bon à savoir: ce réaménagement de la place Royale n’entraînera aucune désimperméabilisation. Les politiciens de cette ville ne l'ont toujours pas compris.
Goed om weten: de heraanleg van het Koningsplein zal niets ontharden. De politici van deze stad hebben het nog steeds niet begrepen.
Goed om weten: de heraanleg van het Koningsplein zal niets ontharden. De politici van deze stad hebben het nog steeds niet begrepen.
March 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Bon à savoir: ce réaménagement de la place Royale n’entraînera aucune désimperméabilisation. Les politiciens de cette ville ne l'ont toujours pas compris.
Goed om weten: de heraanleg van het Koningsplein zal niets ontharden. De politici van deze stad hebben het nog steeds niet begrepen.
Goed om weten: de heraanleg van het Koningsplein zal niets ontharden. De politici van deze stad hebben het nog steeds niet begrepen.