Luuk van Middelaar (1973) is a historian and political philosopher. He is Professor of European Law at Leiden University and columnist for NRC Handelsblad and De Standaard. Luuk van Middelaar was the "pen" of European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (2010-2014). He made his debut with Politicide, in 1999. His most recent book is published in French by Gallimard: Quand l'Europe improvise (2018). Since its original publication in 2009, his book Le Passage à l'Europe has won the 2012 European Book Prize and the Louis Marin Prize from the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, among others.
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Luuk van Middelaar
Historian and political philosopher, Professor at the University of Leiden, Netherlands
