CV Speakers

Born in 1955 in Kortrijk (Belgium).

Law degree of the University of Leuven (Belgium), Ph.D in Law of the European University Institute (Florence) in 1985: The Protection of Linguistic Diversity through Fundamental Rights. Professor of European Law at the Universiteit Maastricht (the Netherlands), from 1989 to 2000.

Current academic position (since 1 March 2000): Professor of European Union Law at the European University Institute, Florence (joint chair of the Law department and the Robert Schuman Centre). Co-director of the Academy of European law at the EUI.

Main Fields of Interest:

• Institutional law of the European Union, including among other things: relations between EU law and national law, and between international law and EU law; protection of fundamental rights; horizontal division of powers (between the institutions) and vertical division of powers (with the member states); constitutional reform.
• European, international and comparative legal regulation of culture, media, education and language use, and the protection of minorities.

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