John Morijn

John Morijn

@jmorijn.bsky.social

Professor of law, University of Groningen | Chair, EU Fundamental Rights Agency Scientific Committee | Founding Mentor, Our Rule of Law Foundation

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Join the new @ourruleoflaw.bsky.social project, co-organised with Prof. Tetyana Komarova You can register here: www.ourruleoflaw.eu/shoulder-to-...

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Welcome to the family, John! 💛🇪🇺

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Happy to announce that, yesterday, I joined the @iep-berlin.de Academic Advisory Board. My IEP debut was participation in the Book Slam, a fun format in which you explain a recent publication in 5 sentences and then get 2 unusual questions. @danielhegedus.bsky.social @fundatekin.bsky.social

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“Als ik Nederlandse journalisten één advies zou moeten meegeven, dan is het: wees waakzaam. Ik heb in Polen gezien dat het heel snel kan gaan. Als ik daar aan journalisten vroeg wanneer ze in de gaten kregen dat het misging, zeiden ze: pas toen het te laat was." - @jmorijn.bsky.social (Mei 2024)

volkskrant.nlAls het op populisten en de vrije pers aankomt, blijft het vaak niet bij dreigende taalDe benadering van de media door de nieuwe coalitiepartijen past in een wereldwijde trend. Met rechts-populisten aan de macht komen waarheidsvindende instituties vaak onder druk te staan.

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[video] International conference "Analyses of illiberal regimes. Deciphering democratic deconsolidation" @jmorijn.bsky.social "Autocratic Capture of the Judiciary : the Approaches by the Strasbourg and Luxembourg Courts" youtu.be/IWfrfD0Aiik?...

youtu.beAutocratic Capture of the Judiciary : the Approaches by the Strasbourg and Luxembourg Courts (…)YouTube video by Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 “Université Jean Moulin”

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And to the journalists attending: make no mistake. You are not observing this performance from the outside. Your presence forms part of it. Your presence is living proof that far-right ideologies have become normalised and accepted.

Eviane Leidig@evianeleidig.com

The second Remigration Summit is taking place on Saturday. This isn’t a fringe event. It’s a global gathering of far-right ideologues, activists, influencers & politicians who are given a platform to call for mass deportations.

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I wrote an analysis for @verfassungsblog.de with @kimlanelaw.bsky.social about how the EU could unfreeze EU funds for Hungary without melting the rule of law

Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de

Hungary's new government needs billions in frozen EU funds – fast. But can they be unfrozen without melting the rule of law? JOHN MORIJN (@jmorijn.bsky.social) and KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (@kimlanelaw.bsky.social) map the legal and political obstacles. verfassungsblog.de/unfreezing-e...

I wrote an analysis for @verfassungsblog.de with @kimlanelaw.bsky.social about how the EU could unfreeze EU funds for Hungary without melting the rule of law

Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de

Hungary's new government needs billions in frozen EU funds – fast. But can they be unfrozen without melting the rule of law? JOHN MORIJN (@jmorijn.bsky.social) and KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (@kimlanelaw.bsky.social) map the legal and political obstacles. verfassungsblog.de/unfreezing-e...

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Talked to the BBC about today’s historic @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ruling Today’s ruling is for everyone who love who they love But it is particularly for those who fought for that statement-of-the-obvious to become the EU’s highest law (@reclaim-eu.bsky.social) www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comUnprecedented ruling finds Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws in breach of EU valuesThe EU's top court finds that the reforms breached EU values on a number of levels and broke the founding values of the EU treaty.

Talked to the BBC about today’s historic @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social ruling Today’s ruling is for everyone who love who they love But it is particularly for those who fought for that statement-of-the-obvious to become the EU’s highest law (@reclaim-eu.bsky.social) www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comUnprecedented ruling finds Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws in breach of EU valuesThe EU's top court finds that the reforms breached EU values on a number of levels and broke the founding values of the EU treaty.

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🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.

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Bijzonder om gisteren bij @bureaubuitenland.bsky.social duiding te geven over de Hongaarse verkiezingsuitslag. Ik had er totaal geen rekening mee gehouden dat we live in de uitzending te horen zouden krijgen dat Viktor Orban zijn verlies zou toegeven De magie van democratie npo.nl/start/afspel...

npo.nlOrban verliest zijn ijzeren greep op Hongarije | NPO StartViktor Orbán is verslagen in de Hongaarse verkiezingen door oppositieleider Péter Magyar. Dat heeft grote gevolgen voor Hongarije, de EU en Oekraïne. Aan tafel heel veel kennis over Hongarije: televis...

Bijzonder om gisteren bij @bureaubuitenland.bsky.social duiding te geven over de Hongaarse verkiezingsuitslag. Ik had er totaal geen rekening mee gehouden dat we live in de uitzending te horen zouden krijgen dat Viktor Orban zijn verlies zou toegeven De magie van democratie npo.nl/start/afspel...

npo.nlOrban verliest zijn ijzeren greep op Hongarije | NPO StartViktor Orbán is verslagen in de Hongaarse verkiezingen door oppositieleider Péter Magyar. Dat heeft grote gevolgen voor Hongarije, de EU en Oekraïne. Aan tafel heel veel kennis over Hongarije: televis...

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There indeed is so much to fight for, and in some countries (looking at you, US), some old fights have become new fights. One thing (academic) men can do is not participate in manels! It can be uncomfortable at times but it is also still necessary. Here’s my experience: 🧵

Sarah de Lange@sldelange.bsky.social

Be our allies, there is so much to fight for in this era of eroding rights #IWD2026

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President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Vladyslav Heraskevych the Order of Freedom on Feb. 12, after the skeleton racer was disqualified from the 2026 Olympics for using a custom helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's full-scale war.

kyivindependent.comUkrainian skeleton racer disqualified at Olympics for helmet honoring athletes killed in Russia's war"This is price of our dignity," skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wrote on X after the IOC's annoucement of his disqualification.

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"It's not about the messaging, it's literary about the rules and regulations". Well, IOC, just change the rules and regulations then, and bring them in line with morality and common sense. And reverse course and let this athlete compete. It's not that hard. www.olympics.com/ioc/news/sta...

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Dit #morality #commonsense

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"It's not about the messaging, it's literary about the rules and regulations". Well, IOC, just change the rules and regulations then, and bring them in line with morality and common sense. And reverse course and let this athlete compete. It's not that hard. www.olympics.com/ioc/news/sta...

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"Het is voor landen zeker mogelijk om het #EVRM aan te passen, als daarvoor voldoende steun is Maar het was eerder een zeer bewuste politieke keuze om het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens, bestaande uit onafhankelijke en onpartijdige rechters, op afstand van nationale politici te plaatsen"