The Good Lobby Profs

We work to help counter abuse of power in Europe

The Good Lobby Profs is an initiative gathering 60+ academics coming from over 30 countries that constantly monitors the respect of the rule of law by holding the EU and national institutions and leaders accountable.

It acts as a rapid response mechanism to uphold the rule of law across the continent by provide pro bono expert analysis, support as well as advocacy with the view of promoting, defending and strengthening respect for democracy, the rule of law and human rights.

Since 2020, it has devised litigation strategies before national and EU Courts, lodged administrative complaints and published major research and advocacy reports and studies including the set up of the EU ethics body. This work has been covered by mainstream media such as the Financial Times, Le Monde, Politico Europe.

The Good Lobby Profs is led by Professors Kati Cseres and Laurent Pech. To get in touch, please email The Good Lobby Profs' executive director Anna Mechlinska.

Profs

Prof Laurent Pech- Co-Director
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Dr Kati Cseres – Co-Director
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Anna Mechlinska – Executive Director
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Prof Alberto Alemanno
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Dr Vigjilenca Abazi
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Prof Matej Avbelj
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Dr. Nika Bačić Selanec
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Prof Aslı Ü. Bâli
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Prof Petra Bard
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Prof Samo Bardutzky
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Prof Gavin Barrett
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Dr Uladzislau Belavusau
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Prof Paul Blokker
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Dr Piotr Bogdanowicz
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Prof Bojan Bugaric
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Dr Graham Butler
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Dr Matthieu Burnay
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Prof Antoine Buyse
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Prof Başak Çalı
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Prof Carlos Closa
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Dr John Cotter
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Prof Ramona Coman
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Prof Joana Covelo de Abreu
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Dr Eglė Dagilytė
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Dr Tom Gerald Daly
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Prof Peter van Elsuwege
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Dr Cassandra Emmons
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Prof Giacomo Di Federico
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Prof Pawel Filipek
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Prof Lech Garlicki
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Dr Barbara Grabowska-Moroz
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Dr Joelle Grogan
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Prof Xavier Groussot
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Prof Michaela Hailbronner
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Prof Gábor Halmai
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Prof R. Daniel Kelemen
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Prof Jeff King
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Prof Tomasz T. Koncewicz
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Dr Kriszta Kovács
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Jaka Kukavica
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Prof Rick Lawson
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Prof Rui Lanceiro
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Prof Iris Goldner Lang
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Dr Rui Tavares
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Prof Hristo Hristev
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Prof Daniel Hegedüs
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Prof Christophe Hillion
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Prof Dimitry Kochenov
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Emilia Korkea-aho
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Dr Dilek Kurban
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Roila Mavrouli
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Prof John Morijn
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Prof Christophe Möllers
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Prof Jan-Werner Müller
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Prof Tommaso Pavone
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Davor Petrić
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Prof Thomas Perroud
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Prof Vlad Perju
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Prof Roman Petrov
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Prof Sébastien Platon
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Prof Jiří Přibáň
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Prof Wojciech Sadurski
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Prof Daniel Sarmiento
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Prof Kim Lane Scheppele
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Julian Scholtes
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Prof Alessandra Silveira
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Eleanor Spaventa
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Prof Maciej Taborowski
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Prof. dr. Arco Timmermans
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Dr Radosveta Vassileva
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Arnaud Van Wayenberge
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Prof Marlene Wind
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Prof Jan Wouters
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Prof Miroslaw Wyrzykowski
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Prof Lorenzo Zucca
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