Hungary's approach to rule of law conditionalities / Protecting Democracy in Europe

Published on December 3, 2024 – Updated on December 3, 2024

Séminaire de l'axe

Intégration européenne : communautés en redéfinition, souverainetés et valeurs en conflitn européenne : communautés en redéfinition, souverainetés et valeurs en conflit

Presentation

This double seminar of the Cevipol Europe axis will explore the interactive dynamics in the EU between the national and supranational level, focusing first on the case of Hungary's approach to rule of law conditionalities and, second, on why the EU failed to combat rising authoritarianism and how it can defend democratic governance in member states.

Bio

Kinga Koranyi is a PhD candidate at the Hertie School. Her research explores the conditions for the emergence of welfare policy transfers in a comparative framework, focusing on Canada, Switzerland and the United States, in order to understand contemporary and future policy directions for the EU’s cohesion agenda.

Tom Theuns is Senior Assistant Professor of Political Theory and European Politics at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, and Associate Researcher at Sciences Po in Paris. He is the author of 'Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy and the Future of the EU' (Hurst, 2024).

Dates

On the December 10, 2024

12h00 - 14h00

Location

Institut d'études européennes (IEE) - ULB
Salle Kant
39, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt - 1050 Bruxelles

Contact

Alvaro Oleart : alvaro.oleart@ulb.be