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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are thrilled to sincerely welcome our new Fellow Cohort for the 2026/27 academic year. Over the year, they will be hosted by various European academic and practice-oriented institutions, contributing to debates on the rule of law and democracy with their own research.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are pleased to announce that our Fellow Olha Nykorak has started her 2nd Mobility Phase @academycologne.bsky.social – @unicologne.bsky.social 🇩🇪 🛡️ There, she will develop her research on the notions of "self-defending democracies", fundamental rights and preservation of statehood in 🇺🇦/🇩🇪/🇪🇺 context
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📢 Call for Proposals 📢 We are very excited to invite rule of law experts to submit their proposals for the 2027 ERoL Conference! 📅 11-12 May 2027 📍 Brussels 📝 Submit your proposal by 18 October via the link below, where you can find more information on the submission process. 👉 bit.ly/ERoL2027
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💡Shedding light to the unpredictable future of rule of law at the ERoL Talks 2026 in Brussels! We are proud to see speakers and moderators from our re:constitution community and other experts contributing to debates on RoL regarding: 🛡️ Defense spending 🇪🇺 Enlargement 💶 Budget conditionality 🤖 AI use
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🇩🇰 Our Fellow @marijaristic.bsky.social has started her mobility phase at @cwswarstudies.bsky.social. She will advance her research on transparency in autonomous weapon systems and develop recommendations for better EU regulation. 💡 We wish Marija a productive inspiring mobility phase!
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Live from Lisbon: Shaping the Future of European Law and Law in Europe at the ELU-S Conference 2026! ✨ 🇵🇹 The annual conference is in full swing in Lisbon (1–3 September), where scholars are diving deep into this year’s theme: "Words or Deeds? The European Moment".
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🌟Reading Tip🌟 Explore our Trafoblog Series "Rethinking Democracy through Constitutional Adjudication" that examines how constitutional courts imagine and practice democracy! 📖 Guest co-edited by Raunaq Jaiswal & re:constitution alumnus Max Steuer. trafo.hypotheses.org/category/ret...
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Rethinking Democracy through Constitutional Adjudication – TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
📢 Opportunity to apply 📢 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights remains an underutilized tool in the protection of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights across Europe.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🌟Reading Tip🌟 Law & Care on TRAFO Blog How does law shape care practices & how care becomes a tool of governance, exclusion or resistance? The blog series explores the relationship among law, violence & care based on ethnographic fieldwork & historical research. ➡️https://bit.ly/4c7bNHV
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Law and Care – TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Last week, our Alumni community came together to explore the theme "Rethinking Constitutionalism." In keynote lectures, faculty-led seminars & lively discussions, they reflected on the challenges facing constitutional democracies today & ideas on the future of constitutionalism in Europe and beyond.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The re:constiution Alumni Network Summer University 2026 has officially begun in Budapest! 🇭🇺 Over the next days, our Alumni community will come together to rethink constitutionalism in light of the profound challenges facing constitutional democracies across Europe.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Fellowship Year 2025/26 🌍 As another inspiring Fellowship year comes to an end, we want to celebrate and thank an incredible cohort of Fellows who have spent the past 10 months learning, exchanging ideas and building lasting connections across Europe. 💙
A group of 16 Fellows and team members sitting on stone stairs in the shade of trees for a group picture. Below the image, it is written "Fellowship 2025/26" on bright blue background.A collection of four photos titled "Impressions from the Fellowship year". The photos show a group of fellows on a street in the shade listening to a tour guide, two images of them engaging in icebreaker activities, once in small circles and once in two lines facing each other, and a screenshot of a Zoom meeting with 15 participants.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🌟Reading Tip🌟 If you are working on or fascinated by the topic of visas as a tool of international mobility, the recently published edited volume "Visas in Migration and Asylum Law. The Key that Opens the Door" is one to add to your reading list. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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Visas in Migration and Asylum Law | The Key that Opens the Door | Fran
This book explores and discusses the different perspectives stemming from the visa as a tool of international mobility. A visa has a multifaced nature. It is a
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Our Fellow Mária Žuffová will spend the last part of her mobility phase at the Institute for Democracy in Slovakia to advance her project “Hostile Politics’ Effect: How Politicians’ Attacks Against Media Shape Public Trust and Democracy.”
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A great week at ICON•S Annual Conference! Proud to see re:constitution Fellows & Alumni presenting their research on the panel "The Rule of Law, Democracy and Shifting Constitutional Dynamics in Europe": Jacquelyn Veraldi, Olha Nykorak & Benedetta Lobina, with Cecilia Rizcallah as discussant.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Patrick Leisure will spend the next stage of his mobility at the European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int in Strasbourg, where he will continue his work on the project “Schools and Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights: What Implications for Democracy in Europe?”
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🌟Reading Tip🌟 Hungary's 2026 election made history. But a democratic outcome does not erase structural democratic deficits Read our Alumnus Stefan Szwed's blog post on the panel discussion "Participation & Representation," at our collaborative event at ELTE University 👉 trafo.hypotheses.org/66302
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The Limits of Representation: Three Dimensions of Constrained Choice in Hungary’s 2026 Election
By Stefan Szwed. Hungary’s parliamentary elections on 12 April 2026 were, by most metrics, historic. With turnout approaching 80 percent — the highest in the post-1989 era — the centre-right oppositio...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Advisory Board Announcement Our Advisory Board is an invaluable source of expertise and strategic guidance. We are deeply grateful for the time, commitment and thoughtful engagement our members bring to re:constitution and to our mission of strengthening the rule of law and democracy across Europe.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🌟Reading Tip🌟 When does EU equality law see discrimination? Our fellow Meret Plucis argues that the CJEU's Valeurs de l'Union ruling encodes a visibility test, tying protection to harms the majority already recognizes. Read the article here: verfassungsblog.de/a-hierarchy-...
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A Hierarchy of Harms
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🇪🇸 Reminder: Workshop in spanish In two days, our alumnae Colleen Boland and Cristina Blasi Casagran will host a hybrid workshop at UAB Barcelona @uab.cat on AI and democratic societies in Europe. 🗓 26 June 2026 | 📍 Barcelona + online More info & registration: www.reconstitution.eu/en/news/news...
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AI and Democracy in Europe: Risks, Power, and Constitutional Futures
A hybrid event organised by two re:constitution alumnae as part of the Incubator Fund 2026.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Looking back on three days in Athens 🏛️: Our 3rd Fellows' Exchange Meeting brought together rule of law, democracy, media freedom, migration, LAI, and took the conversation into public debate with Transparency International. Thank you to our host partner at UNIC Athens and all who joined. 🙏
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Two re:constitution alumnae, Colleen Boland and Cristina Blasi Casagran convene a hybrid workshop on AI and democratic governance in Europe on 26 June at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and online. 👉More information and registration: www.reconstitution.eu/en/news/news...
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AI and Democracy in Europe: Risks, Power, and Constitutional Futures
A hybrid event organised by two re:constitution alumnae as part of the Incubator Fund 2026.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In the latest #RuleOfLaw reflection on our #TRAFOBlog, our alumnus Matteo Bonelli argues that the EU is experiencing a “democratic turn”. Read the article here: trafo.hypotheses.org/65745
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The European Union’s Democratic Turn
By Matteo Bonelli. The “constitutional backsliding” crisis in the European Union started almost fifteen years ago. Since then, EU institutions have sought to address and reverse backsliding processes ...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Today was the last day of our 3rd Fellows' Exchange Meeting at the University of Nicosia in Athens & our alumni arrived in the city for their meeting. After an Advocacy Training for the Fellows, the groups met for a joint session, followed by a talk by Michael Wilkinson (LSE) on political economy.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Γεια σας from Athens! 🇬🇷✨ Today started our third Fellows' Exchange meeting in Athens, co-organised with the UNIC Athens. After a warm welcome, we explored a timely and important topic: freedom of expression as a cornerstone and challenge of democracy. More to come over the next days. Stay tuned!
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
⏳ Just one more day to go until our Fellows' Exchange Meeting "Democracy Beyond Symbolism" in Athens 🇬🇷🇪🇺 We are delighted to organise this exchange together with our partner, the UNIC Athens, and look forward to meaningful conversations in Athens. ✨
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🇬🇷🇪🇺 One week to go! Together with journalists, civil society leaders, scholars and policymakers, we’ll explore the challenges shaping Europe’s democratic future. 📍 Impact Hub Athens 📅 10.06.2026 / 7:30pm In collaboration with Transparency International Greece & hosted by Impact Hub Athens!
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Our Fellow Łukasz Szoszkiewicz will undertake his second mobility phase with HURIDOCS, this time based at their Geneva office. During this stay, he will continue developing his open-source computational toolkit for the analysis of UN treaty body recommendations addressed to EU Member States.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
5 questions in 10 minutes: Get to know our current Fellow Dukagjin Abdyli through his 5in10 interview on #TRAFOBlog - "Constitutional law is ultimately about people’s lived experiences" 👉 trafo.hypotheses.org/65714
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🇬🇷 From Athens to Brussels: Assessing the Rule of Law in Europe 🇪🇺 Join us for a timely panel discussion bringing together journalists, civil society leaders, scholars and policymakers to unpack the growing challenges facing rule of law across Europe. @anticorruption.bsky.social
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Can the GDPR be used as a weapon against investigative journalists? A new #RuleOfLaw reflection on our #TRAFOBlog - a condensed and updated version of the re:constitution working paper "Data Protection Weaponised" by our Alumnus Tivadar Hüttl - explores exactly that. 👉 trafo.hypotheses.org/65398
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Data protection weaponised
By Tivadar Hüttl. This article explores the intricate relationship between data protection regulations and press freedom in Europe, with a particular emphasis on the misuse of data protection laws to ...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Thank you once again to everyone who submitted applications to the re:constitution Fellowship 2026/27 CfA. We sincerely appreciate the strong & diverse range of proposals, the effort, creativity and ideas! The review process is now finalized, and responses have been communicated to all applicants.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Our fellow Giulia Marini will spend her mobility phase at the Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights in Geneva, working under the mandate of Ben Saul. 👉Find Giulia's Fellow Profile here: www.reconstitution.eu/en/fellows/d...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Can judges stay silent when democracy is at stake? 🏛️ Together with Oxford Global Society, Alumna Katarina Šipulová brought together judges and scholars to debate how judges should resist political pressure in an online roundtable. Watch the full debate 👉 www.reconstitution.eu/news/news-de...
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The twilight of resilience? Reflections on the limits of judicial activism in the face of democratic decline
Book chapter by Alumna Katarina Šipulová now freely accessible.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Peter Magyar officially took office last Friday – and the scenes outside parliament were something else. Here's a look back at what we put out around the Hungarian elections 🧵
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
📚 New publication Our alumna Katarína Šipulová explores the limits of judicial activism under political pressure in Dissensus over Liberal Democracy asking how courts can defend democracy without undermining their own legitimacy. 👉 www.reconstitution.eu/news/news-de...
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The twilight of resilience? Reflections on the limits of judicial activism in the face of democratic decline
Book chapter by Alumna Katarina Šipulová now freely accessible.
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Patrick Leisure will spend his mobility phase at the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre working on his project “Schools and Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights: What Implications for Democracy in Europe?” Find Patrick's Fellow Profile here: www.reconstitution.eu/fellows/deta...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Join the online roundtable with our alumna Katarína Šipulová: “Courts Under Scrutiny: Judges and Democracy” 📅 7 May 2026 ⏰ 1:00–2:00 pm (GMT+1) 💻 Online (Zoom) 👉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
5 questions in 10 minutes: Get to know our current Fellow Jacquelyn Veraldi through her 5in10 interview on #TRAFOBlog - "The Life of an Academic Does Not Have to be Confined to Sitting Behind a Desk” 👉 trafo.hypotheses.org/65307
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The Life of an Academic Does Not Have to be Confined to Sitting Behind a Desk ‒ 5in10 with Jacquelyn Veraldi
Jacquelyn Veraldi is a Junior Research Fellow at the Central European University Democracy Institute (Budapest). Her research interests include EU constitutional, in particular the values of democracy...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Hungary 2026: Elections, Institutions, Participation: Revisit the highlights with our photo selection and the full closing panel on YouTube! www.reconstitution.eu/en/events/ca...
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Hungary 2026: Elections, Institutions, Participation
Collaborative workshop with ELTE Centre for Social Sciences (CSS/TK) and re:constitution network in Budapest
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Yesterday was our workshop “Hungary 2026: Elections, Institutions, Participation” at the ELTE Centre for Social Sciences in Budapest - sharp insights on elections, media, participation & democracy in Hungary & Europe. Thanks to all contributors for the engaging exchange! 🌍🤝
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Hungary’s elections remain in the spotlight. We’ve republished Stefan Szwed’s working paper “Choice Illusions: Through ‘Rule by Law’ to ‘Electoral Capture’ in Hungary and Poland?” on TrafoBlog - still highly relevant after this year’s election. 🔗 trafo.hypotheses.org/65061
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🇭🇺Everyone talks about the elections - we will too 😉 Our one-day workshop “Hungary 2026: Elections, Institutions, Participation” takes place this Thu Full agenda: www.reconstitution.eu/en/news/news... 📍 ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest / ONLINE 📅 16.04.2026 ✉️ Register: jti.titkarsag@tk.hu
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Hungary 2026: Elections, Institutions, Participation
Collaborative workshop with ELTE Centre for Social Sciences (CSS/TK) and re:constitution network in Budapest
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Reading Tip ✨ We invite you to explore the #TRAFOBlog series "Rethinking Democracy Through Constitutional Adjudication", co-edited by re:constitution Alumnus Max Steuer and his colleague Raunaq Jaiswal. Read the full series here 👉 trafo.hypotheses.org/category/ret...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Join us for a one-day workshop following the Hungarian elections and examining electoral processes and democratic dynamics within the EU: 👉 Further details: www.reconstitution.eu/news/news-de... 📍 ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest / ONLINE 📅 16.04.2026 ✉️ Registration: jti.titkarsag@tk.hu
Graphic with a photo of the Hungarian Parliament building and the key information on the 1-day academic workshop "Hungary 2026: Elections, Institutions, Participation": on 16 April online and in Budapest. Registration: via jti.titkarsag@tk.hu
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Benedetta Lobina will spend her mobility phase at RECLAIM in Brussels, where she will advance her project “Defending EU Values Through Strategic Litigation: An Assessment of New Avenues for Enforcement.” Find Benedetta's Fellow Profile here: www.reconstitution.eu/en/fellows/d...
Sharepic with a map of Europe and a portrait photo of Benedetta Lobina. The picture contains the text "Expanding the network, Benedetta Lobina, re:constitution Fellow 2025-26" and the following details about her mobility phase: "At RECLAIM, Brussels. April-June 2026"
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
📢 Registration is now open for our one-day workshop in Budapest: “Hungary 2026: Elections, Institutions, Participation.” 📍 ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest / ONLINE 📅 16.04.2026 ✉️ To register, please contact: jti.titkarsag@tk.hu 👉 www.reconstitution.eu/en/news/news...
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy to highlight a new piece by fellow Jacquelyn Veraldi, recently published on Verfassungsblog on the future of EU budget governance, rule of law conditionality and institutional accountability. Find the Article here: verfassungsblog.de/limiting-com...
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Limiting Commission Discretion in EU Funding Conditionality
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re:constitution @reconeurope.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
5 questions in 10 minutes: Get to know our current Fellow Yann Lorans through his 5in10 interview on #TRAFOBlog - "Mobility is also humility” 👉 trafo.hypotheses.org/64859
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Mobility is also humility ‒ 5in10 with Yann Lorans
Yann Lorans studied European Union law at the Universities of Montpellier, Lund, Paris-Est Créteil, and at the College of Europe (Bruges). After an internship at the Court of Justice of the European U...
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