Alberto Alemanno
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Alberto Alemanno
@alemanno.bsky.social

Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, HEC Paris & College of Europe, Bruges

Democracy Fellow, Harvard University & Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies Minda de Gunzburg at Harvard University

Founder, The Good Lobby
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Alberto Alemanno is an academic, author, public interest lawyer, and civic entrepreneur. He is Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris since 2009, permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo, School of Public Policy, and at the College of Europe in Bruges. In 2024/25 he is a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. .. more

Political science 50%
Business 26%
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Ursula von der Leyen knows that her new commission will need support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun.

My latest for @theguardian.com

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For the first time in its history, we could be looking at a genuinely rightwing European Union | Alberto Alemanno
Ursula von der Leyen knows that her new commission will need support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun, says Alberto Alemanno of HEC Paris
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Is Omnibus Legislation legal under EU Law?

On the day @ombudsman.europa.eu found that Omnibus I is not, read my Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Legality of Omnibus Legislation Under EU Law: A Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order
This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the legal issues arising from the European Union's use of the Omnibus as the privileged legislative technique to '
papers.ssrn.com

Is Omnibus Legislation legal under EU Law?

On the day @ombudsman.europa.eu found that Omnibus I is not, read my Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Legality of Omnibus Legislation Under EU Law: A Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order
This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the legal issues arising from the European Union's use of the Omnibus as the privileged legislative technique to '
papers.ssrn.com

Not as of now. Most NGOs don't recognize the WG, nor do some parliamentary political groups

EU Simplification Takes its first blow

OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.

This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda

OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.

This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
Recommendation on the European Commission’s compliance with ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements in preparing legislative proposals that it considered to be urgent (983/2025/MAS...
The three cases concern how the European Commission applied its ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements when preparing legislative pro...
www.ombudsman.europa.eu

« On the digital omnibus, absolutely no third country had an influence on our sovereign simplification agenda » says EU Commission, but regardless of whether is true this sounds so unplausible as its net effect is positive for US big tech #digitalomnibus

Extenuating to witness EU national leaders’ inability to agree on Ukraine’s financing. Ultimately be it via reparation loans or joint deb member states’ strained finances will be exposed and affected.
Any further hesitation weakens the continent, and emboldens Russia

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🗣️ As Prof. @alemanno.bsky.social, pointed out: "When faced with geopolitical pressure, economic uncertainty, and the opportunity to forge genuine European independence, EU leaders have instead chosen accommodation"

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What are Europeans' most urgent challenges and why?
Amid sliding optimism in the EU's future, almost half of EU citizens believe the war in Ukraine remains the bloc's top challenge, as European leaders warn Trump's peace plan needs work.
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Reposted by Alberto Alemanno

Reposted by Alberto Alemanno

Reposted by Alberto Alemanno