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Giulia Gentile

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All things #EU + #AI + #FRs / Lecturer @EssexLawSchool / Prev. @LSELaw, @KCL_Law & @lawinmaastricht / RT≠endorsement / lots of typos

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Giulia Gentile @gentilegiulia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am delighted to see that our joint submission of evidence on #AI & #HRs was cited with approval by the Joint Committee on Human Rights. It is encouraging to see both Houses of Parliament take such a decisive stance on the need to regulate AI. You can access the report here: lnkd.in/ed_yz9E5
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Work in the AI economy is deliberately organized through an "outsourcing maze," writes the Weizenbaum Institute’s Sana Ahmad, enabling global capital to extract value from workers via layered intermediaries.
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Labor Power and the Role of Subcontracting in the AI Economy
Public discourse on artificial intelligence has begun to pull back the curtain on the systematic failures of global labor supply chains, writes Sana Ahmad.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 29/06/2026
This is the future Big Oil built for us. Fossil fuel companies knew decades ago that their products would drive increasingly severe and frequent heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires, but lied to protect their own profits at the expense of public health and safety. The public deserves accountability.
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Dangerous, record-smashing heat wave to scorch millions
A prolonged, dangerous heat wave will intensify across most of the central to eastern U.S. this week, the National Weather Service said.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24/06/2026
There were those who doubted us, but a new independent report shows major reductions in air pollution in our city are linked to an estimated 40% fewer annual premature deaths.
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Marco Almada @marcoalmada.com · 16/06/2026
Please spare a thought for all the graduate students working on platform governance who will need to do last-minute updates to their theses
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 09/06/2026
Hard to express how much of a failure Brexit has been.
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peterkwells @peterkwells.com · 09/06/2026
Patients need to find it easy & straightforward to hold people and organisations that provide healthcare services accountable for mistakes regardless of whether they're made by people/orgs/ tools they use regardless of whether they're "AI" or not, Peter sez www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Doctors and NHS could be sued for mistakes made by AI tools, report warns
Medical Protection Society calls for law to be overhauled to help medics avoid liability for errors made by technology
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 01/06/2026
“This is censorship... This is a demonstration that some of the worst abuses in our time are not confined to kings, emperors, governments … but to a class of companies that have assumed the sovereign affect, and seek to assert their power the same way that some of those despotic nation states do.”
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Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival
Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm
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Giulia Gentile @gentilegiulia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I am sorry, but since when the "Candy Crush businessman" is a voice worth listening when it comes to higher education?!
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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Economic powerhouses? I am not working in the academia in order to be part of an economic powerhouse. What I am interested in is the development and formation of the human mind through research-based education and cultural maturation.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
If anyone tells you ‘all the evidence’ points in one direction on a social media ban for kids, they’re lying to you. It’s neither simple nor one directional. There are harms both ways. There’s no magic wand. Believing there could be is a recipe for disaster.
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Paul Nemitz @paulnemitz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I was honored to attend the presentation by #Pope #Leo XIV of his first #Encyclica #MagnificaHumanitas on safeguarding the #human person in the time of #AI #ArtificialIntelligence. The 235 pages are #mustread for all who wish a #future of #humanity with #socialjustice www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
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Henna Virkkunen @hennavirkkunen.wsocial.eu · 20/05/2026
What makes an AI system “high-risk” under the #AIAct? We just published draft guidelines to help providers and deployers assess whether an AI system falls under the high-risk classification. Share your feedback now ⤵️ link.europa.eu/fRKfdf
Blue digital-themed graphic with a blurred keyboard background and EU stars, displaying text about draft guidelines clarifying what makes an AI system “high-risk” under the EU AI Act and inviting stakeholder feedback, with Henna Virkkunen’s name at the bottom.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 26/05/2026
Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting “harder to justify” its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features. This is the first time I’ve seen a company say this directly. www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-and...
"That link is not there yet, right?" he said. think maybe implicitly there is more that is getting shipped, but it's very hard to draw a line between one of those stats and, 'Okay, now we're actually producing 25% more useful consumer features."
He said that the trade-off costs from Al are harder to justify because he can't draw a direct link. Earlier this month, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an earnings call that Uber was slowing hiring to counter its investments in AI.The comment led to what he described as a
"head-exploding moment," sparking discussions about AI token consumption within the company and the trade-offs it creates, such as on head count.
He said that, based on talks with Uber's senior engineering leaders, he realized higher token usage did not translate into a proportional increase in useful consumer features.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 25/05/2026
Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈
A map of the UK showing a temperature of 34.8 degrees Celsius, recorded in Kew Gardens, London on Monday 25 May 2026
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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Don't miss this opportunity!
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Good piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social. There is little difference at times between Reform, Labour or Tories on hostile rhetoric against minorities. Toxic language has become "normalised". The biggest cause of division isn't immigration, it's political rhetoric. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour | Nesrine Malik
‘Concern’ about immigration has now morphed into policing how ethnic minorities exist in our communities, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨 Should children be banned from social media, and on what legal, scientific, and democratic basis? The European Journal of Risk Regulation is calling for submissions on one of the most contested regulatory debates of our time and soon will publish a Special Issue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Lisa Nandy: “I don't think anyone in this country wants to reopen the Brexit debate.” The Country:
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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Top stuff from @casmudde.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
AI produces MORE editorial labor, not less. “[To weed out slop] the journal doubled its deputy editors from 6 to 11 & nearly doubled its sr editors from roughly 30 to 60. All of this is volunteer labor, unpaid academics donating time to maintain scientific quality.“ www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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AI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured It
A top management journal measured AI’s impact on submissions and reviews. Submissions rose 42%, writing quality declined and AI reviews proved uninformative to editors.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 01/05/2026
Nicholas Bloom, Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and co-author of the NBER Working Paper "The Economic Impact of Brexit" (Bloom et al., 2025), has also claimed that we could have doubled the money for the NHS had we not left the EU. The Brexit "battle bus" promises are ageing poorly..
It's about £2,000 a year per person in Britain that we've lost because of leaving the European Union. Nicholas Bloom, Professor of Economics at Stanford University and Co-Author of The Economic Impact of Brexit (NBER)
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 29/04/2026
“In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants Trump is volatile, capricious & unreasonable but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manage” #NoToPalantir Link to EU alternatives follows www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants | Rafael Behr
Trump is volatile, capricious and unreasonable – but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manage, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 28/04/2026
Media freedom ‘under sustained attack’ across EU as public trust drops, report finds
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Media freedom ‘under sustained attack’ across EU as public trust drops, report finds
Journalists face rising threats while media ownership is concentrated in fewer hands, leading civil liberties group warns
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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
It’s depressing to me that “reading“ is now framed as a hobby instead of, you know, a default activity for leisure and edification practiced generally by a literate populace.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/04/2026
👀 Business leaders call for a bolder move than the current ‘reset’ of European relations. Read The Observer's article here: observer.co.uk/news/national/articl…
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Starmer told the civil service to 'deliver' what he wanted Yet he has sacked the civil servant who 'delivered' the appointment of Lord Mandelson New by me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The dismal truth is that, in government, rules and policies and procedures and processes exist not to make things any better (though that sometimes may happen). They exist to stop things getting worse. The free-for-all within government when there are no constraints invariably leads to mishaps and mistakes.

Take, for example, the relaxation of recruitment and procurement rules during the Covid pandemic. Yes, there were isolated examples of that relaxation working well for “getting things done”. But, generally, it opened the British state to lucrative corruption and rampant cronyism at scale.

There is a good reason why political travellers should be wary of the siren voices telling then that the real problem is public administration. In fact, politicians as different as Aneurin Bevan with the National Health Service and Norman Tebbit with his changes to trade union law were able to “deliver” change by working with the civil service rather than against it
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michael veale @michae.lv · 22/04/2026
Google marks all Gemini-created text with its SynthID text watermarking system. They have released public detectors for media. They have not for text, and they have not publicly said why they haven't. Regulators and legislators should ask them.
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 21/04/2026
UK and EU close in on agricultural deal to reduce Brexit barriers
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UK and EU close in on agricultural deal to reduce Brexit barriers
Lords told sales of Scottish shellfish among areas that may benefit – but agreement will not erase all paperwork
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 21/04/2026
La Hongrie viole le droit européen avec sa loi stigmatisant et marginalisant les personnes LGBTQIA +, selon la Cour de justice de l’UE
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La Hongrie viole le droit européen avec sa loi stigmatisant et marginalisant les personnes LGBTQIA +, selon la Cour de justice de l’UE
La Commission européenne avait saisi en juillet 2022 la plus haute juridiction européenne contre Budapest.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Uk and EU finalise UK return to Erasmus www.gov.uk/government/n...
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UK and EU finalise agreement to bring UK into Erasmus+ in 2027
Thousands across the UK set to benefit from re-opening of the historic Erasmus+ programme
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Giulia Gentile @gentilegiulia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thinking about creativity in (often boring) legal academia, Peter Gabriel gives an injection of inspiration with this new song: "The less you have, the more you can make of it!" 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmXX...
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Peter Gabriel - Put the Bucket Down (Bright-Side Mix)
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026
Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
IPPR recommends: "Deploying AI engineers to schools, hospitals ... to experiment with where AI can improve outcomes" - why not ask people already working there about outcomes? I'm betting 'fix the leaking roof' and 'stop making cuts' would come out ahead of 'more AI please')
screenshot of Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) page https://www.ippr.org/media-office/government-risks-techlash-unless-it-shows-who-benefits-from-ai-ippr-warns
Text reads: 
"Government risks ‘techlash’ unless it shows who benefits from AI, IPPR warns
    AI could deepen inequality, concentrate power and disrupt jobs without intervention
    Ministers urgently need to spread the benefits as industry grows
    Think tank calls for sovereign AI fund to share economic gains with the public
The UK government risks being boxed in by AI backlash if they don’t share the benefits of the technology with the public, according to a new report from IPPR."
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10/04/2026
Most Europeans want minors off social media
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Most Europeans want minors off social media
Respondents to POLITICO European Pulse survey overwhelmingly support measures to keep kids under 16 away from social media.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
An unsustainable system (see also, student loans) caused by politicians who wanted to have universities without paying for them, rapacious adminstrators who only care about money and academics who have looked the other way because scared of the impending collapse for them and their families.
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‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK
The long read: Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt
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Data controversies, James Stewart @datacontroversies.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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‘They feel true’: political deepfakes are growing in influence – even if people know they aren’t real
AI images of people – such as women in military contexts – are making money and serving as propaganda, researchers say
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 25/03/2026
In the referendum on constitutional reform of the judiciary, Italians said “No, grazie.” BENEDETTA LOBINA explains what this means for Giorgia Meloni’s political power and how the result is ultimately a good sign for constitutional checks and balances. verfassungsblog.de/no-grazie/
This is Meloni’s first political defeat since becoming Prime Minister in 2022.
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Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL) @clsisel.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🌱 Tuesday, 17th March: 'Interdisciplinary Research Methods in EU Law' with @gentilegiulia.bsky.social, @universityofessex.bsky.social & @marekdoppelpack.bsky.social, @thecitylawschool.bsky.social 🔗 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Interdisciplinary Research Methods in EU Law | City St George's, University of London
This talk will focus on the recently published 'Interdisciplinary Research Methods in EU Law: A Handbook', and explores the advancement of the EU legal landscape from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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Express2project @express2project.eu · 27/02/2026
☕️ Let's talk about the EU #SocialContract and Digitisation. We are hosting a public debate on how technology is reshaping our rights and obligations in Europe. 🇪🇺 📅 Friday, 13 March 🕙 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (CET) 📍 Online via Zoom Register here: essex-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DigitalRights
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Giulia Gentile @gentilegiulia.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
How has #digitisation transformed the fundamental #rules, #actors, #governance, #values & #objectives of the #EU? How has the EU responded to the advances of #digitalpower? How should we (re)imagine the future of the EU as an organisation made of States, institutions, and people in the #digitalage?
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The EPP has a long tradition of shielding its own against EU scrutiny on the rule of law. It long protected Orbán when Fidesz was still member of the EPP, and now it is blocking rule of law fact finding missions to Meloni‘s Italy, who has become an important EPP ally.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
CJEU - text of the request for the court to rule on whether the latest attempt at EU accession to the ECHR is compatible with EU law eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Text of the request, available at the link
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
“The results show that generative AI systems themselves tend toward homogenization when used autonomously and repeatedly. They even suggest that AI systems are currently operating in this way by default” theconversation.com/ai-induced-c...
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AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening
AI-mediated culture is already being filtered in ways that favor the familiar, the describable and the conventional.
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Thomas Verellen @tverellen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📢Publication alert 📢 : "Effective judicial protection in the CFSP after KS and KD", published open access in the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Effective judicial protection in the CFSP after KS and KD - Thomas Verellen, 2026
This paper critically examines the evolving landscape of effective judicial protection within the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) fol...
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Giulia Gentile @gentilegiulia.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Following the success of the inaugural edition, the second iteration of the short course 'Human Rights in the Digital Age', which I have the pleasure of leading, is now open for registration. www.essex.ac.uk/short-course...
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Law and Technology: ‘Human Rights in the Digital Age’ Short Course | University of Essex
The Essex Law School presents The Law and Technology: ‘Human Rights in the Digital Age’ short course which consists of 9 seminars of 90 minutes each over 2 weeks.
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Giulia Gentile @gentilegiulia.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
1/ A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kai Zenner, Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss in the European Parliament, and discussing the future of EU digital regulation as part of the EXPRESS2 EU Project's podcast 'Rethink the Deal'.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
NEW The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
One should always be on the guard against those who insist “human rights have now gone too far”. It is often a cant phrase—like “legitimate concerns”—that masks disingenuous intentions. Those who protest that human rights have gone too far often do not like human rights in the first place.

Of course, the founders of the convention were not unaware of mass population shifts and the threat of extreme politics. The mass population movements in Europe during and at the end of the Second World War were profound.

And the convention was put together by many countries with actual experience of rule or occupation by fascists and national socialists. Migration and radicalism were very much the experience of those who wrote and ratified the convention.
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 28/11/2025
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Good to see @europarl.europa.eu refer to principle of solidarity in its resolution on Hungary calling for triggering of Art. 7(2) TEU. With @dimitrispieker.bsky.social and Ulrich Karpenstein, we argued that new Art. 7 procedure should be initiated against HU based on breaches of solidarity in CFSP
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