This conference is divided into two panels to discuss the CJEU judgments: The legal and constitutional reasoning and implications of the judgments (2:00 – 4:00 p.m.) and The political implications of the judgments for the Union institutional system, decision-making and legitimacy (4:15-6:15 p.m.)

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Programme for the panel

“The legal and constitutional reasoning and implications of the judgments“

(2:00-4:00 p.m.)

This roundtable intends to address questions related to the reasoning followed by the Court in its judgments, and to its consequences for the future application of the Regulation. Issues to be discussed include the budgetary implications, what the judgments tells us about the legal nature of the Union and the status of Member States, the understanding of Article 7 TEU, the constitutional identity of the Union and of the Member States, and the fundamental principle of institutional balance. It will be chaired by Professor Arnaud Van Waeyenberge. 

  • The Regulation, the Court and the concept of the rule of law by Monica Claes, Professor of European and Comparative Constitutional Law, Maastricht University
  • Constitutional principles, constitutional identity and the Union’s overlapping consensus by Julio Baquero Cruz, Institut d’études européennes, ULB & Legal Service of the European Commission
  • The implications of the judgments for the Union’s budget and its law by Prof. René Repasi, MEP; Professor of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Article 7 TEU and beyond: towards a theory of fundamental values conditionalities? by Emanuele Rebasti, Legal Service of the Council

Registration

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