Jan-Werner Müller is invited by the Collège de France assembly, at the suggestion of Prs Samantha Besson, Edith Heard, Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge and Thomas Römer.
This series of four lectures by Jan-Werner Müller is part of the Collège de France's Europe cycle. In 2023-2024, this cycle is devoted to the theme " Democratic Europe ".
This second lecture series of the year looks at the challenges facing democracy in Europe today. It focuses in particular on the consolidation of autocratic structures in some EU member states. The question arises as to whether the EU has the duty and ability to defend democracy and the rule of law, given that it is often accused of being an undemocratic institution itself. This series of lectures analyzes existing legal tools and proposes additional instruments. It also presents a broader vision of the EU as a normative actor.
