The EU Law Live Conversation Series

A conversation with Julia Laffranque: a career as a European judge 22.06.2026 30min

Daniel Sarmiento talks with Julia Laffranque, judge of the Estonian Supreme Court and former judge of the European Court of Human Rights, and former member of the 255 Committee, on the challenges and opportunities of a career as a European judge.

Open Talks on EU Enlargement: Luigi Lonardo and Sara Poli on the Accession of Balkan Countries 10.06.2026 30min

In this new episode of Open Talks on EU Enlargement, Sara Poli, from the University of Pisa, talks with Luigi Lonardo, from the Centre for European Law of the University of Luxembourg, on the challenges of accession of the the Balkan countries to the EU.

The History of European Law, with Morten Rasmussen and Bill Davies - Part 2. 06.05.2026 42min

In the second part of this Podcast, Daniel Sarmiento talks with Morten Rasmussen and Bill Davies, co-editors and co-authors of the latest book "The History of EU Law", on the development of the EU's legal system, seen from the optics of History, focusing on the experience of national courts in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Denmark.

The History of EU Law, with Morten Rasmussen and Bill Davies 24.03.2026 43min

In this Podcast, Daniel Sarmiento talks with Morten Rasmussen and Bill Davies, co-editors and co-authors of the latest book "The History of EU Law", on the development of the EU's legal system, seen from the optics of History.

Open Talks on EU Enlargement: Roman Petrov and Sara Poli on Ukrainian Accession 09.03.2026 49min

Sara Poli and Roman Petrov talk about the prospects and challenges of Ukrainian accession to the EU, in the context of a new series of conversations on accession

A Podcast on EU Law Podcasts: The emergence of new means of communication in EU Law 18.02.2026 29min

This is a Podcast on EU Law Podcasts, a conversation with Felix Ronkes Agerbeek, Michal Riha and Daniel Sarmiento, in which they talk about the emergence of new means of communication in EU Law and the development of their EU Law Podcasts

A conversation with Takis Tridimas on EU Law and Academia, Research and Education 09.02.2026 40min

In this Podcast, Daniel Sarmiento talks with Takis Tridimas about the research and teaching of EU Law, the evolution of this subject as part of the education of law students and the state of legal research in Europe

In search of competitiveness or a bonfire of EU law? A conversation with Anu Bradford and Alberto Alemanno 15.12.2025 29min

The EU has launched a plan to promote competitiveness and boost the internal market through an ambitious deregulatory strategy. What does this make of the "Brussels Effect" and the EU's regulatory objectives? To discuss this, Daniel Sarmiento talks with Anu Bradford (Professor in Columbia University) and Alberto Alemanno (Professor in HEC and founder of The Good Lobby)

The Alace Case and safe countries of origin. A conversation with M Cartabia, M Savino and F Munari 10.11.2025 44min

In this new Podcast of The Case, Marta Cartabia, Mario Savino and Francesco Munari talk about the Alace case, on the growingly contentious notion of safe countries of origin in the context of current migration reform.

EU law blogs, platforms and online journals: a conversation with R. Wessel, M. Steinbeis and D. Sarmiento 16.10.2025 47min

A conversation with the editors of European Papers (Ramses Wessel), Verfassungsblog (Maximilian Steinbeis) and EU Law Live (Daniel Sarmiento), led by Guillermo Iñiguez, on the role of new sources of legal information, publication processes, the challenge of open access and the need to keep an information ecosystem independent in the current times.

András Jakab and Lando Kirchmair talk about their latest book on 'Saving the EU' from Illiberal Member States 15.09.2025 39min

Daniel Sarmiento talks with András Jakab and Lando Kirchmair about their latest co-authored book, "Saving the EU from its Illiberal Member States", in which they analise the cultural roots and the possible ways forward in tackling the illiberal threat that current political trends pose for the EU.

FIDE Conversations: Guillermo Iñiguez discusses Energy Solidarity and Energy Security with Alicja Sikora-Kalėda 20.05.2025 20min

In this third and final FIDE Conversations Podcast, Guillermo Iñiguez talks with Alicja Sikora-Kalėda, Rapporteure Générale of the Topic on energy solidarity and energy security – from green transition to the EU’s crisis management

FIDE Conversations: Daniel Sarmiento, Alice Jaume and Emanuele Rebasti on EU Emergency Law 13.05.2025 35min

In this new FIDE Conversation Podcast, Julia Fernández Arribas talks with the general and institutional rapporteurs of the FIDE topic on EU Emergency Law, Daniel Sarmiento, Alice Jaume and Emanuele Rebasti.

Eleanor Spaventa and Luke Dimitrios Spieker discuss the "golden passports" case 08.05.2025 36min

In this Podcast, Eleanor Spaventa, from Bocconi University, and Luke Dimitrios Spieker, from Humboldt University Berlin, discuss the groundbreaking judgment of the Court of Justice in the "golden passports" case: Commission v. Malta, conducted by Guillermo Iñiguez, In-Depth editor of EU Law Live.

FIDE Conversations: Martin Husovec and Lena Hornkohl discuss the DMA and the DSA 05.05.2025 36min

In this special issue of the FIDE Conversations, Lena Hornkohl talks with Martin Husovec, General Rapporteur of the FIDE Congress on the Digital Economy, in anticipation of the discussions that will take place in FIDE on this topic.

A conversation with Elise Muir on the EU's fundamental rights framework and policy 29.04.2025 30min

Daniel Sarmiento talks with Elise Muir, Professor of EU Law at KU Leuven and Director of its Institute of European Union Law, on some of the main challenges of the EU in its human rights policy and the Court of Justice's case law on human rights.

A conversation with Ignacio Garcia Bercero on the challenges to the EU's trade policy 17.03.2025 37min

Daniel Sarmiento talks in detail with Ignacio Garcia Bercero, former trade expert and negotiator of the European Commission and currently a fellow in Bruegel, on the current landscape of world trade and its impact on the EU's trade and global agenda

A conversation with Sir Nicholas Forwood KC, former judge of the General Court 23.01.2025 52min

A conversation with Sir Nicholas Forwood KC, former judge of the General Court and one of the leading barristers of his generation, having worked on some of the seminal cases in the case-law of European courts.

Special edition: welcome to FIDE 2025 in Katowice, with K. Lenaerts, M. Szpunar and F. Nicola 11.12.2024 19min

Special edition: a Podcast on the upcoming FIDE 2025 Congress, that will take place in Katowice, Poland, in conversation with K. Lenaerts, M. Szpunar and F. Nicola.

A conversation on the reform of the Court of Justice with Takis Tridimas 13.09.2024 40min

Takis Tridimas, Chair of European Law at King's College London, talks with Daniel Sarmiento about the reform of the Court of Justice that will partly transfer the preliminary reference procedure to the General Court, as well as other major novelties that will bring about the biggest overhaul of the Union's court system since the creation of the Court of First Instance in 1989