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The importance of European citizenship in the European and international spheres, with particular attention to the dimension of fundamental rights

2025. máj. 23. 09:00
The importance of European citizenship in the European and international spheres, with particular attention to the dimension of fundamental rights
A műhelyvita külföldi meghívott előadója a Göttingeni Egyetem Európajogi Tanszékének vezetője, Frank Schorkopf professzor és munkatársa Dr. Ferdinand Heinz Johann Weber. A PPKE JÁK részéről Szabó Marcel alkotmánybíró, tszv. egyetemi tanár,  Láncos Petra egyetemi tanár, Gyeney Laura egyetemi docens, Zakariás Kinga egyetemi docens,  Berkes Lilla egyetemi docens, Kurunczi Gábor egyetemi docens és Pap Viola PhD hallgató vesznek részt.

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The invited speakers are Professor Frank Schorkopf, Head of the Department of European Law at the University of Göttingen, and his colleague Dr. Ferdinand Heinz Johann Weber. Marcel Szabó, Professor, Petra Láncos, Professor, Laura Gyeney, Associate Professor, Kinga Zakariás, Associate Professor, Lilla Berkes, Associate Professor, Gábor Kurunczi, Associate Professor and Viola Pap, PhD student participate.

Workshop

 

Date: May 23rd, 2025

Venue: Pázmány Péter Catholic University (28-30 Szentkirályi str., Budapest), Faculty Meeting Room

Moderator: Petra Láncos, Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Foreign Affairs (PPCU)

 

Program:

9.00 – 9.10      Opening speeches

Marcel Szabó, Justice (Constitutional Court of Hungary), Professor of Law, Head of Department (PPCU)

Frank Schorkopf, Professor of Law, Head of Department (University of Göttingen)

 

9.10 – 9.25      “Golden Passports” and Union citizenship – a matter of Union law or of the peoples of Europe?

Frank Schorkopf, Professor of Law, Head of Department (University of Göttingen)

 

9.25 – 9.40      The impact of EU law on Member States' rules on the acquisition/loss of nationality: another layer of restrictions in light of recent case law

Marcel Szabó, Justice (Constitutional Court of Hungary), Professor of Law, Head of Department (PPCU)

 

9.40 – 9.55      „Ecce Homo”. Existential questions on the margins of EU citizenship.

Laura Gyeney, Associate Professor of Law, Deputy Head of the Department (PPCU)

 

9.55 – 10.10    Lost in translation? Pitfalls of the preliminary reference procedure in citizenship jurisprudence: Stadt Duisburg (Perte de la nationalité allemande) from 25 April 2024, joined cases C-684/22 to C-686/22

Ferdinand Weber, Assistant Lecturer (University of Göttingen)

 

10.10 – 10.25  Name change due to gender change in the practice of the CJEU Can the dignity of the body be considered inferior to that of the person as such?

Kinga Zakariás, Associate Professor of Law (PPCU)

 

10.25 – 10.40 European citizenship as the basis of European identity

Lilla Berkes, Associate Professor of Law (PPCU)

 

10.40 – 10.55  The relationship between citizenship of the European Union and the right to vote, with particular reference to the concept of democratic legitimacy, including the social teaching of the Catholic Church

Gábor Kurunczi, Associate Professor of Law (PPCU)

 

10.55 – 11.10 Does the European Citizens' Initiative help the participation of EU citizens in decision-making? An evaluation of more than ten years of European Citizens’ Initiative operation.

Viola Pap, PhD student (PPCU)

 

11.10 – 11.25  Final Discussion, Closing of the Workshop

 

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