The CEU Democracy Institute hosted the eighth conference of the BRIDGE network event series: “The Rule of Law Crisis and the Future of EU Governance”, in collaboration with the DCU Brexit Institute, the University of Copenhagen and University of Bozen and Bolzano.

The conference took place online via Zoom.

The event programme can be found here, the event report can be found here and the video playlist for the conference can be found here.

Thursday 27th January

• 13:00 – 13:30 CET: Welcoming Remarks by Laszlo Bruszt (Professor of Sociology & Co-Director, CEU DI) & HE Ronan Gargan (Irish Ambassador to Hungary)
• 13:30 – 15:00: Panel 1 – The State of the Rule of Law Crisis
• 15:00 – 15:30: Break
• 15:30 – 17:00: Panel 2 – The Rule of Law Crisis and the Migration Crisis Shaping the Future of Europe
• 17:00 – 18:30: Keynote Speech by Adam Bodnar (Professor of Law and Dean, Law Faculty, SWPS & Former Human Rights Ombudsman of Poland)

Friday 28th January

• 09:30 – 11:00 CET: Panel 3 – Beyond the Rule of Law Crisis: the Supremacy of EU Law
• 11:00 – 11:30: Break
• 11:30 – 13:00: Panel 4 – The Future of the Rule of Crisis: Beyond Dialogue and Conditionality
• 13:00 – 14:00: Break
• 14:00 – 15:30: Panel 5 – Eastern European Perspectives on the Rule of Law Crisis and Constitutional Change
• 15:30 – 15:45: Closing Remarks by HE Ronan Gargan (Irish Ambassador to Hungary)

Read The Full Programme Here