The role of the EU institutions in protecting the rule of law in Europe
Public guest session in the course Institutions of the EU on the origins, contexts and consequences of the mechanisms of rule of law protection in the European Union.
The sanctions imposed on Austria by 14 EU member states 25 years ago represented the first relevant consequences in relation to the rule of law in Europe. In the last 10 years, the EU institutions have significantly expanded their portfolio of monitoring and sanctioning powers. The presentation discusses the evolution of an institutional system of rule of law protection in the Union, as well as the effectiveness of the existing instruments.
Konrad Lachmayer is Professor for Public Law, European Law and Foundations of Law in the Faculty of Law and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law at Sigmund Freud University (SFU) in Vienna. He studied law at the University of Vienna, where he gained his Ph.D. in public law. He visited the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Germany) and the Central European University (Hungary). From 2013/14 to 2016, he held a research chair at the Institute of Legal Studies, Centre for Social Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and was first a research fellow and then a visiting fellow at Durham Law School (United Kingdom). Since 2017 he has been Professor for Public Law, European Law and Foundations of Law in the Faculty of Law at Sigmund Freud University (SFU) in Vienna. His research and teaching focuses on International Constitutional Law, especially the methodology of constitutional comparison, climate change law, data protection, and Austrian and European public law, particularly in terms of democratic legitimation, rule of law and human rights.
The lecture will take place on 23 April 2025, 12.30 - 14.30, G239 (Scientific Council Meeting Hall).