site.btaBulgaria to Host EUnited in Diversity III Conference for EU Constitutional Courts

Bulgaria will host the EUnited in Diversity III conference, a high-level forum for constitutional courts of European Union (EU) member states, from September 3 to 5 in Sofia. The event is jointly organized by the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

The conference’s main theme is “The Role of Constitutional Justice in the EU Common Legal Order.” It will feature four key panels focusing on: The Allocation of Competences between the Member States and the EU; Identity of the EU and EU constitutionalism in times of crisis: Constitutional Courts and the Court of Justice; Different National Constitutional Law Constellations Relevant for EU law; Application and Interpretation of EU Law: Constitutional Courts and the Court of Justice.

The forum will gather representatives of constitutional jurisdictions of 21 EU countries. As the host, Bulgaria will be widely represented, including by the Constitutional Court President Pavlina Panova and judges Atanas Semov, Yanaki Stoilov, Sonya Yankulova, Borislav Belazelkov, Galina Toneva, Sasho Penov, and Nevin Feti, along with the Court’s Secretary-General Valentin Georgiev. 

Delegations from constitutional and supreme courts across Europe will attend, including those from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, and Sweden.

Updated information about the conference will be available on the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria’s website in a dedicated section: https://www.constcourt.bg/eunited-diversity-III.