Helsinki Rule of Law Forum is hosting a public webinar on Friday, 28 January 2022 at 9:30–11:45 (8:30 bis 10:45 Uhr deutscher Zeit). The title of the webinar is ‘Protecting the liberal constitutional order in the EU and beyond’, and it is organized by the government-funded research group Helsinki Rule of Law Forum together with EU Law Live, a news website focused on EU Law. Due to the pandemic, the event will be organized virtually. The event live stream is available at helsinki.fi/rule-of-law/events.

Webinar programme:

9:30 Welcome words – Juha Raitio, Professor of European Law, University of

Helsinki

9:35 Opening address – Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice

9:40 ‘How does a constitutional breakdown occur in a Member State?’ – Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Professor in Jurisprudence (University of Sydney)

10:10–11:45 ‘Protecting the liberal constitutional order in the EU and beyond’ – a panel discussion with Werner Schroeder (University of Innsbruck), Steven Blockmans (Centre of European Policy Studies), Katalin Miklóssy (University of Helsinki) and Inge Govaere (University of Ghent)(TBC), moderated by Pekka Pohjankoski (University of Helsinki)