Future Of Europe
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Governance Below the Legal Threshold: Informal Power and Accountability in Europe
European governance increasingly operates through instruments that remain formally non-binding while producing effects comparable to legal obligation. From pandemic terminology to rule of law conditionality, influence is exercised through assessments, declarations, and coordinated expectations rather than binding acts. This shift
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Unequal Membership? The Debate over Limited Voting Rights in EU Accession
The post explores the debate over limiting the voting rights of Member States joining the European Union during its enlargement. Although under the EU’s founding treaties, new members receive full rights upon accession, a new proposal suggests that the veto
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Ninety Votes For Moral Sovereignty: Slovakia´s Constitutional Model of 2025
This article analyzes the 2025 amendment to the Constitution of the Slovak Republic as an expression of constitutional self-definition within the European legal order. It argues that Slovakia’s assertion of competence in ethical and cultural questions represents neither isolationism nor
European Values
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Green Light(s) over Greenland? How do flares of annexation affect the self-determination of an island?
Greenland entered international spotlight due to the strong interest of the United States expressed by the Trump II administration in acquiring it, after being on the periphery of international relations for millennia. Currently, the green lights of the Aurora Borealis
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Restricting Academic Freedom is Like Herding Cats – Why?
There were cases in the last months which have called attention to freedom of expression in universities and the academic sphere in Hungary. Academic freedom is extremely diverse: it encompasses many things, from the freedom of educators to choose their
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Teaching the Virtues
David Hein’s 2025 book titled “Teaching the Virtues“ looks at the important topic of civic education and its priorities between building an “ academic mind“ or a moral character. Reforming civic education is a central question in the American youth
Tech & AI
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True intelligence starts where the machine says no
The recently released "Bullshit Benchmark 2.0" highlights one of the most serious professional shortcomings of Artificial Intelligence more sharply than ever. This database specifically examines whether language models can resist completely absurd user requests or if they instead willingly align
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On the Edge of Sanity: Is AI Psychosis a Real Threat or Just Digital Panic?
With the global AI user base hitting 800 million by 2026, technology is weaving itself into the human psyche more deeply than ever before, occasionally triggering unexpected and unsettling side effects. "AI psychosis" is an emerging framework describing rare but
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AI Consolidation: Overvaluation or Maturity?
In the opening months of 2026, the development curve of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reached a critical juncture. The boundless optimism and the promise of a "do-it-all technology" that characterized previous years have been replaced by a sense of ruthless
Free Speech & Privacy
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Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights: A Multidimensional Legal Perspective is Needed
The implementation of Artificial Intelligence in managerial contexts represents a significant transformation that raises deeply complex questions from a contemporary legal and constitutional perspective. Although technology is frequently presented as a neutral tool for productive optimization and increasing organizational efficiency,
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Consent Without Comprehension: Rethinking Constitutional Autonomy in the Datafied Age
Rethinking Autonomy in the Age of Extraction In 1983, the German Federal Constitutional Court recognized a new constitutional right: informational self-determination. The decision—known as the Census Act Case (Volkszählungsurteil)—held that individuals must retain control over how their personal data is collected and
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Expression Prevails: How the Czech Constitutional Court Supports Open Discourse – A Comment on Mizerova and Martinek
“If freedom of expression is sacrificed in the struggle for democracy, there will no longer be anything worth fighting for.” This is a citation from a decision of the Czech Constitutional Court, which deals in detail with the case of