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Prof. Dr. Christian Calliess
Freie Universität Berlin
Law Department
Boltzmannstrasse 3
14195
Berlin
Tel.:
+49 (0)30 838-51456
E-Mail: europarecht@fu-berlin.de
Christian Calliess is professor for public and European law, as well as director of the Institute for Public Law. His expertise comprises European and German constitutional law, human rights and environmental law. He acquired his doctor in law with a work on the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity in the EU and habilitated on the rule of law and environmental policy in the constitutional state with particular emphasis on multilevel constitutionalism in the EU. His teaching record includes professorships in Berlin, Göttingen and Austria as well as visiting professorships in France, Hungary and the Saarland. Besides, he advises the European Commission and the German Government in legal questions. In the Centre of Excellence he will concentrate on the legal aspects of European Citizenship, focusing the role of the citizen in a supranational system and the effects of multilevel constitutionalism on European citizens.
Prof. Dr. Calliess' voice in the current debate on the EU's future in time of crisis:
- Article by Prof. Calliess in German daily paper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ) "Das Euro-Urteil aus Karlsruhe ist nicht frei von Widersprüchen", September 21, 2011
- Interview with German daily paper TAZ „Auch die Europa-Skeptiker brauchen Raum“ (in German), June 30 2011
- Article by Prof. Calliess in German daily paper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ) "Treue und Solidarität“ (in German), June 20 2011
