Author: Esther van Schagen

Esther van Schagen is assistant professor in Private Law at the Utrecht Molengraaff Institute and a researcher within RENFORCE. In her research, Esther analyses consumer law and the development of consumer law from the EU better regulation perspective. She examines the collection of evidence by the European Commission in the drafting of proposals and the use of evidence throughout the EU legislative process.

Synthesis: “From better enforcement to better lawmaking?”

On Friday 17 March RENFORCE organized a symposium with the title: From better enforcement to better lawmaking. Speakers included Prof. Gert Jan Veerman (Maastricht University), Dr. Mira Scholten (Utrecht University),  Mr. Rob van de Westelaken (European Parliament), and ms. Anne-Jel Hoelen (Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets). The symposium sought to bridge not only lawmaking and enforcement but equally the EU and national levels; academia and practice as well as the political/technocratic divide.

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