Respond to Emerging Dissensus: SuPranational Instruments and Norms of European democracy

Informations projet

RED-SPINEL

N° de convention de subvention: 101061621

DOI

10.3030/101061621

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 8 Juin 2022

Date de début 1 Septembre 2022

Date de fin 31 Janvier 2026

Financé au titre de

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Coût total

€ 2 975 808,75

Contribution de l’UE

€ 2 969 558,25

Coordonné par

UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
Belgium

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Livrables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

Launch RED-SPINEL Website, Twitter, Newsletter & Podcast

The project website is online, accessible and its main functions have been launched incl. a.o. the podcast series and newsletter.

Training Resources for European legal practitioners

Training Resources for European legal practitioners focussing on 'The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as Litigation Tool'

Online Resources for class-based youth training

Green open Access online Resources to substantiate in-class teaching on liberal democracy targeting high school (and university) students

Documents, reports (23)

Forecasting Report for European legal practitioners focussing on 'The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as Litigation Tool'

Forecasting Report on 'Future Visions of Liberal Democracy in Europe'

Mapping of strategic litigation based on the CFEU throughout the EUpaper on ‘Rule of Law and the European Semester’

A mapping of strategy litigation across the EU involving the ECJ (and MS jurisdiction) in the field of the Rule of Law

Report on 'innovative practices in the fight against autocratization in the European Neighbourhood'
Member State-level report on non-discrimination instruments

An overview report of existing non-descrimination instruments at the Member State-level in the following cases BE, IT, FR, HU, RO, PL, NL. Beyond an inventory of the general instruments, special care will be given to three areas: climate-related decision-making and strategic litigation; decision-making and litigation concerning LGBTIQ+ rights; and decision-making and judicial action on rights of migrants and asylum seekers.

Collection of Actor interviews

Publication of selected actor interviews done by the researchers throughout the project (targeting Brussels University Press)

RED-SPINEL Dissemination & Exploitation Plan

Agreed to Strategy, measures and and goals set out for the Impact and Dissemination Effort within RED-SPINEL

Report on 'Innovative Practices of Civil Society in the EU Rule of Law Toolbox'

Report on ‘Innovative Practice of Civil Society in the EU Rule of Law Toolbox’

Think piece on ‘Dissensus on Liberal Democracy in the 21st Century’

The scholars involved in the WP1 will produce a Think Piece on ‘Dissensus on Liberal Democracy in the 21st Century’, which will serve as a shared conceptual reference throughout the project.

"One Policy Biref on ""Sterngths and weakness of EU instruments in the face of dissensus"""

Drawing from the jointly drafted think piece, this policy brief will give a first overview of the challenges facing EU supranational instruments in the face of mounting dissensus. All Policy Briefs are coordinated by a non-academic partner in collaboration with an academic one, in this case, the partnership involves HHC & ULB

RED-SPINEL Impact Indicators & Measures Report

Mid-Term Report on the progress made by the Impact & Dissemination Strategy, notably in qualitative terms related to the set-out indicators

RED-SPINEL Final Impact & Dissemination Report

Final synthetic report on RED-SPINEL Impact & Dissemination measures and indicators, incl. its online presence and activities

One policy briefs on ‘Future Prospects for EU Instruments in the face of Dissensus’

Drawing from the overall conclusions of the project AND its foresight exercise, this policy brief will lay out a series of forward-looking avenues for the EU's actions in the field of democracy and the Rule of Law. All Policy Briefs are coordinated by a non-academic partner in collaboration with academic ones, in this case, the partnership involves CLIN, UoW & ULB

State-of-the-art working paper on ‘The state of Autocratisation in the ENP & Case-Selection'

An overview report seeking to assess the relative processes of autocratisation in the Western Balkans and the 16 bilateral ENP partners. this report will equally substantiate the choice of case studies the WP will chose to focus on as it moves forward.

Report on 'Innovative Citizen Participation Practices in 21st Century Liberal Democracies'
Set of Country-Level narrative reports on 'Autocratization in the European Neighbourhood'

Produce country-level narrative reports offering in-depth analysis of specific cases ofautocratisation in the European neighbourhood'

Report analysing Rule of Law legal instruments existing at the EU and MS-levels

In an effort to unpack and crystalise the shared defining features of current strands of ideational dissensus in EU policies, be they single-issue, multi-faceted or outright rejection of liberal democracy in the name of an alternative model, RED-SPINEL will produce a report analysing Rule of Law legal instruments existing at the EU and MS-levels. At the MS-level the case-studies are tentatively set as being BE, IT, FR, HU, RO, PL, NL (TBC)

Two Policy Briefs on Dissensus and EU instruments in the fields of “Fundamental Rights” and “Economic Governance”

Drawing from the knowledge produced in WPs 2 and 3, these policy briefs will give an overview of the challenges facing the Courts and the European Semester. All Policy Briefs are coordinated by a non-academic partner in collaboration with an academic one, in this case, the first brief involves CLIN & UvA, whereas the second includes CLIN & HEC

Report on co-created Innovative Democractic Practices

Report on co-created Innovative Democractic Practices laying out the various innovative practices explored and identified through the Innovation Labs organized throughout the lifespan of the projevct

Report on 'Innovative Economic Governance Practices and 21st Century Democracies'
Early Warning Practitioners' Handbooks

Set off Green Open Access Early Warning Practitioners' Handbooks focussing on the signs and stages of autocratization and democratic fragility

Report on the use and potential use of the threat since the launch of the EU-level Rule of Law alert system

A report collecting the latest information and state-of-plaay regarding the use of the ‘EU Rule of Law Toolbox’, including instruments such as: the new European Rule of Law Mechanism, the EU Justice Scoreboard, the infringement procedures and Article 7 TEU as well as the new Regulation 2020/2091 on the general regime of conditionality protecting the EU budget.

State-of-the-art working paper on ‘Rule of Law and the European Semester’

State-of-)the-Art report on the literature on the use of the European Semester in the field of Rule of Law

Two Policy Briefs on Dissensus and EU instruments in the fields of “Rule of Law” and “Neighbourhood”

Drawing from the knowledge produced in WPs 2 and 3, these policy briefs will give an overview of the challenges facing the 'EU Rule of Law Toolbox' and the EU's Neighborhood instruments. All Policy Briefs are coordinated by a non-academic partner in collaboration with an academic one, in this case, the first brief involves PAT & LUISS, whereas the second includes PAT & UoW

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Release note on the dataset on European and National Parliamentary Debates

Release note on the database on European and nationalparliamentary debates surrounding the EU Rule of LawToolbox

Other (3)

Initial Gender Action Plan

Action Plan to ensure the Gender dimension as described in the proposal is implemented across the project

Initial Ethics Guidelines

RED-SPINEL Ethical Guidelines to be followed by all its members

Final Ethics, Data, Sustainability & Gender Report

Final Report on the Data Management Plan (to be built over the course of the project including an initial Data Management Plan, followed by an updated Data Management Plan and ultimately the final Data Management Plan included in this report), the Ethical and Gender Efforts as well as the sustainability initiatives taken throughout the project's lifespan.

Data Management Plan (1)

Data-Managment Plan

Mandatory and Standard Data-Management Plan for the Project to be regularly updated

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Online resources for class-based executive training targeting civic leaders & policymakers

Publications

Other (2)

The EU’s reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine: legal challenges and the role of the European Parliament

Auteurs: Adriano Dirri
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: Nomos

"Theoretical Reflections – ""Understanding Dissensus Over Liberal Democracy in the Age of Crises'"

Auteurs: Ramona Coman, Nathalie Brack
Publié dans: RED-SPINEL Working Papers, 2023
Éditeur: RED-SPINEL

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Dissensus over liberal democracy in Europe: how does it shape policies and polity?

Auteurs: Nathalie Brack; Ramona Coman
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2025, ISSN 1682-0983
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00546-4

Il Regolamento europeo sulla condizionalità legata al rispetto dello Stato di diritto. Impatto e criticità applicative sul processo di integrazione europea

Auteurs: Ylenia Guerra; Adriano Dirri
Publié dans: Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo, 2024, ISSN 2037-6677
Éditeur: Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo
DOI: 10.57660/dpceonline.2023.2036

“It’s the democracy, stupid!” in defence of KlimaSeniorinnen

Auteurs: Eckes, C.
Publié dans: ERA Forum, Numéro Volume 25, 2024, ISSN 1863-9038
Éditeur: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/S12027-025-00828-W

Ever distant union: the EU (In)action during COVID-19 as a source of disruptive dissensus

Auteurs: Sergiu Gherghina, Bettina Mitru, Sergiu Mişcoiu
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2025, ISSN 1680-4333
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00545-5

Dissensus in Europe: climate protesters before court

Auteurs: Christina Eckes
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2026, ISSN 1680-4333
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00540-W

Legitimacy and political dissensus in the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility: the case of Italy

Auteurs: Andrea Capati, Thomas Christiansen
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2026, ISSN 1680-4333
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00538-4

Constitutional deconstruction as a form of extra-systemic dissensus: the Polish case

Auteurs: Wojciech Włoch, Maciej Serowaniec
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2026, ISSN 1680-4333
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00537-5

Building and legitimizing an illiberal transnational field: illiberal think tanks’ struggle for cultural hegemony in Poland and Hungary

Auteurs: Ramona Coman; Emilien Paulis; Leonardo Puleo; Noemi Trino
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2025, ISSN 1682-0983
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00544-6

Dissensus over liberal democracy: concept-building and typology

Auteurs: Ramona Coman; Nathalie Brack
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2025, ISSN 1682-0983
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00539-3

Legislative networks as gatekeepers of dissensus in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova

Auteurs: Marta Matrakova
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2026, ISSN 1680-4333
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00541-9

Peoplehood, dissensus, and partisanship. The European Union as a case study

Auteurs: Martin Deleixhe
Publié dans: European Political Science, Numéro 24, 2026, ISSN 1680-4333
Éditeur: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00543-7

Varieties of dissensus over liberal democracy in the EU. National and transnational actors

Auteurs: Nathalie Brack, Ramona Coman, Sergiu Miscoiu
Publié dans: European Politics and Society, 2025, ISSN 2374-5118
Éditeur: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2025.2546789

Monographic books (3)

Dissensus over Liberal Democracy Key Conversations with Leading Voices

Auteurs: Ramona Coman, Frederik Ponjaert, andrew Bradley
Publié dans: Contributions to Political Science, 2026, ISBN 978-3-032-12641-2
Éditeur: Springer

EU Rule of Law Procedures at the Test Bench

Auteurs: Fasone, Cristina; Dirri, Adriano; Guerra, Ylenia
Publié dans: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics ISBN: 9783031600074, 2024, ISSN 2662-5881
Éditeur: Palgrave
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-60008-1

Dissensus over Liberal Democracy Insights from European Judges

Auteurs: Ramona Coman, Viktor Kazai, Leonardo Puleo, Andrew Bradley
Publié dans: Modern Studies in European Law, 2025, ISBN 9781509985005
Éditeur: Bloomsburry Publishing

Book chapters (1)

Contesting the Rule of Law in the European Union: The Creation and Implementation of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation

Auteurs: Thomas Christiansen; Dora Hegedus
Publié dans: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics ISBN: 9783031600074, 2024, ISSN 2662-5881
Éditeur: Palgrave
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-60008-1_14