1/ As the ‘European society’ takes centre-stage following the C-769/22 pleadings before the court, it has never been more important to approach questions of who is and who is not seen in this European society and consequently in the law of the European society.
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We must ask ourselves why this (unprecedented) development is happening. What are the people saying? Are they taken seriously? Are we reflecting on this in our (legal) scholarship?
If we are going to meet this moment, closing spaces is not the answer. Opening, decentering, perspective and reconstruction based on empathy is.
A place that needs to resist narrowing but remain open to the conversations it is yet to have and *needs* to have.