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Merijn Chamon

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Professor of EU Law @ Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Visiting Professor @ College of Europe

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Merijn Chamon @merijnchamon.bsky.social · Nov 15

The essential starter pack

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Merijn Chamon @merijnchamon.bsky.social · 23d

Wie so skandalös? Ist es wirklich so schwer, einen Völkermord zu verurteilen, der von deinem Regime begangen wird?

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Sara Matthieu @saramatthieu.bsky.social · 28d

Het parlement heeft eindelijk een verenigde positie op Gaza en eist sancties tegen Israël. Onze resolutie veroordeeld het brute geweld tegen de burgerbevolking en het saboteren van een tweestatenoplossing door Israël moet onmiddellijk stoppen. Maar we moeten veel meer doen. 1/3

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28d

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence today for slain US conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

Uproar as EU Parliament declines to hold minute of silence for Charlie Kirk

Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.

ow.ly

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · Sep 1

www.standaard.be/opinies/isra...

Israëls geschiedenis toont: soms zijn de terroristen van vandaag de staatslieden van morgen

Twee Israëlische premiers waren in hun jonge jaren betrokken bij terroristische aanslagen, schrijft Guy Vanthemsche. We moeten de terreurdaden van Hamas veroordelen, maar de oorlog in Gaza is geen strijd tussen de Duisternis en het Licht.

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René Smits @rs-lawsociety.bsky.social · Aug 30

a new edition of the banking union case law tracker is out:
www.linkedin.com/posts/profre...

new edition banking union case law tracker | René Smits

ECB, banking, supervision, resolution, SRB, European Court of Justice, case law, prudential supervision, transparency

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Aug 30

On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

Average nitrogen dioxide concentration in Paris has fallen significantly

Her proposals have faced pushback — from right-leaning politicians, a car owners’ association and suburban commuters, who say that targeting cars makes their lives more difficult.

But last month, Parisians voted in a referendum to turn an additional 500 streets over to pedestrians. A year earlier, Paris had moved to sharply increase parking fees for SUVs, forcing drivers to pay three times more than they would for smaller cars. The city has also turned a bank of the Seine from a busy artery into a pedestrian zone and banned most car traffic from the shopping boulevard of Rue de Rivoli.

Carlos Moreno, a professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a former adviser to the city, said the French capital has developed “an urban policy based on well-being.”

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JogchumV @jogchumv.bsky.social · Aug 18

De fitis: geen fitness-app (enfin, misschien ook wel... 🤔), maar een groengeel, melancholisch zingend verenpakketje van ca. 10g 💚💛

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 14

Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?

Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Aug 14

My take on the "what's the point of pointing out facts" argument is
a) *someone* might be influenced
b) the truth has an intrinsic value (and I can't understand why some people think otherwise)
c) yes it's not the only argument
d) it's nihilistic to shrug and make no effort to assert it

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Andy Kerkhofs @andykerkhofs.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Haalbaar en betaalbaar!"

Ow nee wacht: dat is een argument dat ze enkel gebruiken tégen beleid dat poogt de klimaatverandering die ons allen bedreigt te temperen.

Niet om belastingsgeld over de balk te smijten ten behoeve van enkelingen.

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Antwerp Airport in slechte financiële papieren: totale verlies loopt op tot 2,3 miljoen euro | VRT NWS: nieuws

Het verlies van de regionale luchthaven in Deurne is toegenomen tot een totaal van 2,3 miljoen euro. Dat blijkt uit de jaarrekening. De vennootschap verkeert in zorgwekkende financiële toestand, is st...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Aug 6

the technology that will save us all /s

Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thanks AI, this historical timeline is incredibly useful and will really help my students...😑

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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · Aug 1

EU’s ex-top diplomat says von der Leyen ‘complicit’ in Israeli war crimes in Gaza

EU's ex-top diplomat says von der Leyen 'complicit' in Israeli war crimes in Gaza

www.euractiv.com

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨 On the agenda of today's EU Commission meeting: proposal to partly suspend Israel from the EU Horizon research programme

(Would need qualified majority vote of Member States)

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Jul 27

Really inconsiderate of Gazan children to choose the school holiday period to starve to death and therefore force Freeman to confront her own complicity in genocide.

[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]

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vrtnws @vrtnws.be · Jul 25

11.11.11 vraagt Tomorrowland Israëlische dj te schrappen: "Hij ondersteunt genocide" vrtnws.be/p.mRvXKYnKN?t=175... @vrtnws.be

11.11.11 vraagt Tomorrowland Israëlische dj te schrappen: "Hij ondersteunt genocide"

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Jul 25

EU Commission to ask CJEU to rule on whether the latest attempt to draft a treaty for EU accession to the ECHR is compatible with EU law

Screenshot from Commission register of documents listing a Commission decision to ask the CJEU about the draft accession treaty on the basis of Article 218 TFEU, which gives the court jurisdiction to rule on whether a draft treaty is compatible with EU law

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Gregor Schusterschitz @gschusterschitz.bsky.social · Jul 24

Much has been said and written about yesterday’s advisory opinion of the #ICJ on the obligations of states in relation to the fight against #ClimateChange. What I find truly remarkable is the last paragraph on judicial self-restraint and on climate as a global challenge

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Merijn Chamon @merijnchamon.bsky.social · Jul 19

At first sight, I don't think this would be covered by the notion of an 'envisaged agreement', so an Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) seems difficult...

Merijn Chamon @merijnchamon.bsky.social · Jul 19

The assumption that the Council can only suspend the association agreement with Israel through a unanimous vote, is erroneous in my opinion. In this post for @verfassungsblog.de I try to spell out why that is the case.

Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 19

While the legal obligation to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement remains contested, it is commonly believed that such a suspension would require a unanimous decision by the Council.

MERIJN CHAMON, however, takes a different view:

verfassungsblog.de/suspension-o...

Quote from our published article by author Merijn Chamon: “While mustering a qualified majority vote in favour of suspending the EU-Israel AA might not be politically realistic, it remains important to point out that the law does not require unanimity.”

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 19

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Merijn Chamon @merijnchamon.bsky.social · Jul 4

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Weg met die lawaaierige en stinkende brommers!

In de strijd tegen lawaai zijn alle maatregelen welkom, schrijft Annelies De Waele. Daarom: haal alle overbodige brommers en motorfietsen van de baan!

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Merijn Chamon @merijnchamon.bsky.social · Jun 23

The CLEER Summer School on EU External Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is well under way. Currently @ramseswessel.bsky.social on the #CFSP

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · May 12

And to think – all of this insight simply from a few good conversations!

MORITZ SCHRAMM (@schrammmo.bsky.social) shares his personal insights on semi-structured expert interviews:

verfassungsblog.de/just-asking/

Quote from our published article by author Moritz Schramm: "Interviews I conducted over the past three years fundamentally called into question several normative priors I had and, eventually, added nuance to the final research outcome."

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · Apr 12

If I'm reading this right, the big Trump administration tariff exemptions from today seem to be based on declaring all of the covered products to be "semiconductors." Legally speaking, this seems a bit suspect.

Clarification of Exceptions Under Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025, as Amended

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE UNITED STATES TRADE

www.whitehouse.gov

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Merijn Chamon @merijnchamon.bsky.social · Mar 29

Very remarkable to see that in quite a number of EU sanctions cases brought by non-sanctioned parties, the General Court skips admissibility and proceeds to dismiss on the merits in the interest of procedural economy (e.g. T-828/22, T-797/22, T-307/22) - Avoiding to have to deal with Plaumann?

Merijn Chamon @merijnchamon.bsky.social · Mar 23

Bon à savoir: ce réaménagement de la place Royale n’entraînera aucune désimperméabilisation. Les politiciens de cette ville ne l'ont toujours pas compris.
Goed om weten: de heraanleg van het Koningsplein zal niets ontharden. De politici van deze stad hebben het nog steeds niet begrepen.

Gerardo Fortuna @gerardofortuna.bsky.social · Mar 23

Miracles of road renovation work

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Gerardo Fortuna @gerardofortuna.bsky.social · Mar 23

Miracles of road renovation work

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · Mar 18

boy the "it was supposed to explode all the time, akshually" guys are going to have a hard time if this thing's a dud

no amount of rosy Eric Berger ars technica columns will console them

Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning

The fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.

www.planetearthandbeyond.co

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Mar 16

This is outrageous. Judge Boasberg’s order went against government agencies which were in the US, and which were in direct contact with the plane. He must hold them in contempt of court.

Axios post on X: EXCLUSIVE: The White House says it ignored a court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply, two senior officials tell @MarcACaputo.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 13

🚨MAJOR DEVELOPMENT

Portugal has cancelled plans to buy F-35 fighter jets from the US and will look to replace their F-16s with European fighters.

“We have to be able to count on the predictability of our allies, which is no longer the case with the United States."💥

A photo of two US-made F-35 fighter jets flying towards the camera. One has a US flag visible in the cockpit

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