re:constitution is a programme of cross-border exchange, debate and capacity-building for scholars and practitioners about the rule of law, democracy and the shifting political dynamics in Europe.

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Fellow Talk
Wed 17 Jun 2026 | 14:00–15:00
re:constitution

Constitutional Democracy and Its Capacity for Self-Preservation in a Multipolar World: The Concept of Defensive Democracy in Germany, Ukraine, and the Broader European Experience

Fellow Talk by Olha Nykorak (Heinrich Böll Foundation, Kyiv Office/lvan Franko National University of Lviv/Center of Civil Liberties) | Chair: Yann Lorans …

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PUBLICATIONS

Bonelli, Matteo

The European Union’s Democratic Turn

TRAFO - Blog for Transregionale Research, 2026

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Hüttl, Tivadar

Data protection weaponised

TRAFO - Blog for Transregionale Research, 2026

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Contact

re:constitution – Exchange and Analysis on Democracy
and the Rule of Law in Europe

c/o Forum Transregionale Studien
Wallotstraße 14, 14193 Berlin
T +49 30 / 89 001 453
F +49 30 / 89 001 440
reconstitution(at)trafo-berlin.de

 

re:constitution – Exchange and Analysis on Democracy
and the Rule of Law in Europe

c/o Democracy Reporting International
Elbestr. 28/29, 12045 Berlin
T +49 30 / 27 877 300

info(at)democracy-reporting.org