Vlad Makszimov
@vmakszimov.bsky.social
PoliSci PhD candidate at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. Judicial politics, legal elites and public opinion.
Formerly journo @Euractiv.
Formerly journo @Euractiv.
Always remarkable how supposed papers of record fall prey to usual patterns of political discourse. As per usual, this piece depicts (if implicitly) the #EU’s Single Market as an incomplete imitation of a barrier-free #US market. This conventional wisdom is deeply misleading. 1/
Who killed Europe’s single market dream?
A decades-long effort to tear down internal trade barriers has stalled, leaving the EU economy ‘tagging along behind’
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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What should the EU do about #Hungary? 🇪🇺🇭🇺
New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!
We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!
We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What should the EU do about #Hungary? 🇪🇺🇭🇺
New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!
We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out!
We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
Ep. 1 in our mini-series on #Hungary 🇭🇺 is out!
Too often we ask what's feasible, rather than what's right, when it comes #RoL enforcement in the #EU. Tune in for a 🎙️ w/ @ascherz.bsky.social about what “doing the right thing” could look like.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
Too often we ask what's feasible, rather than what's right, when it comes #RoL enforcement in the #EU. Tune in for a 🎙️ w/ @ascherz.bsky.social about what “doing the right thing” could look like.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ep. 1 in our mini-series on #Hungary 🇭🇺 is out!
Too often we ask what's feasible, rather than what's right, when it comes #RoL enforcement in the #EU. Tune in for a 🎙️ w/ @ascherz.bsky.social about what “doing the right thing” could look like.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
Too often we ask what's feasible, rather than what's right, when it comes #RoL enforcement in the #EU. Tune in for a 🎙️ w/ @ascherz.bsky.social about what “doing the right thing” could look like.
🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
Reposted by Vlad Makszimov
What should the EU do about Hungary?
Vlad Makszimov interviews Antoinette Scherz in the latest episode of Arena Europa.
Listen to the episode and read more here 🔗 www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...
Vlad Makszimov interviews Antoinette Scherz in the latest episode of Arena Europa.
Listen to the episode and read more here 🔗 www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...
Arena Europa podcast: What should the EU do about Hungary?
- ARENA Centre for European Studies
Hungary is backsliding and is no longer a democracy. Why should the EU intervene when the democracy of a club member weakens?
www.sv.uio.no
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What should the EU do about Hungary?
Vlad Makszimov interviews Antoinette Scherz in the latest episode of Arena Europa.
Listen to the episode and read more here 🔗 www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...
Vlad Makszimov interviews Antoinette Scherz in the latest episode of Arena Europa.
Listen to the episode and read more here 🔗 www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...
Reposted by Vlad Makszimov
At at 08:30 on Wednesday 27/8, we have the panel “Courts and Their Counterparts” chaired by @vmakszimov.bsky.social and Julián Manzano Gómez and with presentations by @vmakszimov.bsky.social, Julián Manzano Gómez, @hamriklukas.bsky.social, and @petrhrebenar.bsky.social! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Courts and Their Counterparts: Analysing the Role of Formal, Informal, and Extra-Judicial actors
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
August 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
At at 08:30 on Wednesday 27/8, we have the panel “Courts and Their Counterparts” chaired by @vmakszimov.bsky.social and Julián Manzano Gómez and with presentations by @vmakszimov.bsky.social, Julián Manzano Gómez, @hamriklukas.bsky.social, and @petrhrebenar.bsky.social! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
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Good morning #ecprgc25! 🌄 We have another day of great Politics of Law and Courts papers. First out is @vmakszimov.bsky.social with his excellent paper on judicial responsiveness to legal elites!
August 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Good morning #ecprgc25! 🌄 We have another day of great Politics of Law and Courts papers. First out is @vmakszimov.bsky.social with his excellent paper on judicial responsiveness to legal elites!
Today, Budapest won.
A special thank you to all foreign friends who showed us what true solidarity looks like ✊🏳️🌈
The lessons are clear — Don’t be afraid. The emperor has no clothes.
A special thank you to all foreign friends who showed us what true solidarity looks like ✊🏳️🌈
The lessons are clear — Don’t be afraid. The emperor has no clothes.
June 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Today, Budapest won.
A special thank you to all foreign friends who showed us what true solidarity looks like ✊🏳️🌈
The lessons are clear — Don’t be afraid. The emperor has no clothes.
A special thank you to all foreign friends who showed us what true solidarity looks like ✊🏳️🌈
The lessons are clear — Don’t be afraid. The emperor has no clothes.
So by standing w/ Hungarians marching despite threat of govt sanctions at #BudapestPride, the @ec.europa.eu apparently means standing for a photo-op after the presser today, and not standing in the streets tomorrow.
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June 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So by standing w/ Hungarians marching despite threat of govt sanctions at #BudapestPride, the @ec.europa.eu apparently means standing for a photo-op after the presser today, and not standing in the streets tomorrow.
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Sadly, I was right. In Act III of the litigation saga over the NGO-led 🌈 March (scheduled same day as BUD Pride), the HU Supreme Court (Kúria) sided w/ the police.
Court: 👮 "complied with its obligation to establish and justify facts required by the earlier annulment ruling".
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Court: 👮 "complied with its obligation to establish and justify facts required by the earlier annulment ruling".
🧵👇 1/
June 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Sadly, I was right. In Act III of the litigation saga over the NGO-led 🌈 March (scheduled same day as BUD Pride), the HU Supreme Court (Kúria) sided w/ the police.
Court: 👮 "complied with its obligation to establish and justify facts required by the earlier annulment ruling".
🧵👇 1/
Court: 👮 "complied with its obligation to establish and justify facts required by the earlier annulment ruling".
🧵👇 1/
Fascinating critical response from the semi-captured Hungarian Supreme Court #Kúria to propaganda media coverage of its decision, striking down police ban on a Budapest "mini-pride"
🔗 kuria-birosag.hu/hu/sajto/kur...
More info and musings 👇
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🔗 kuria-birosag.hu/hu/sajto/kur...
More info and musings 👇
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A Kúria közleménye | Kúria
kuria-birosag.hu
June 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fascinating critical response from the semi-captured Hungarian Supreme Court #Kúria to propaganda media coverage of its decision, striking down police ban on a Budapest "mini-pride"
🔗 kuria-birosag.hu/hu/sajto/kur...
More info and musings 👇
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🔗 kuria-birosag.hu/hu/sajto/kur...
More info and musings 👇
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IUROPA (www.iuropa.pol.gu.se) joins forces with UCL and Nuffield College to organise an Early Career Researcher workshop on Social Science Approaches to Law and Courts. Apply by 31 March with @icuervo.bsky.social!
Workshop announcement: for the third year running @uclspp.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social are teaming up to bring together some of the most exciting early career researchers in Law and Courts, this year also joined by @dnaurin.bsky.social. Apply by 31 March with @icuervo.bsky.social!
January 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
IUROPA (www.iuropa.pol.gu.se) joins forces with UCL and Nuffield College to organise an Early Career Researcher workshop on Social Science Approaches to Law and Courts. Apply by 31 March with @icuervo.bsky.social!