This is the central point of information, research and discussion of the issues concerning enforcement of EU laws and policies. Every month, an expert in the field of EU law enforcement shares his or her knowledge and research via a blogpost. Furthermore, this website provides a publication list of books and articles regarding the enforcement of EU law.
This platform was originally established with a two-fold purpose: firstly, to support the former ‘Verticalization of Enforcement’ project of RENFORCE (Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe), in which the programme coordinators Miroslava (Mira) Scholten and Michiel Luchtman both executed research projects funded by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research:
- ‘Shared enforcement but separated controls in the EU – how to make it work for democracy and the rule of law?’, a Veni project of Dr. Miroslava (Mira) Scholten, and
- ‘The rise of EU law enforcement authorities – Protecting fundamental rights and liberties in a transnational law enforcement area’, a Vidi project of Prof. Dr. Michiel Luchtman.
The second purpose of this platform was also to support the Jean Monnet Network on enforcement of EU law (EULEN) – a project that was formally completed in 2023. However, the network continues to cooperate and bring together practitioners and academics, as demonstrated by a conference organized by EULEN on 19-20 September 2024 in London.
Therefore, EULEN’s ambition continues being to address the challenges for EU law enforcement in a world without territorial borders by acting as a bridge between academia, practitioners and societal actors at large. Beneficiaries include bachelor and master level students, PhD students, academics, officials from national and EU institutions, organisations and agencies, practitioners, professionals working in NGOs and societies at large.These projects bring together a network of experts from a variety of backgrounds – different universities, both European and national public institutions, and the private sector. A list of the members of our network can be found here.
You are welcome to contact the coordinators of this project: Mira Scholten, Zlatina Georgieva, Laura Zoboli, or Kelly Blount if you have a related publication or opinion. Draft blog post submissions are welcome, please mail these to Mira Scholten, Zlatina Georgieva, Laura Zoboli and Kelly Blount. All blog posts are subject to a peer-review process.
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