Master of Laws (LLM) · Université de Rennes 1
Daniel is currently pursuing an integrated Master's degree at the Université de Rennes 1 in France after having completed his first 3 undergraduate years at the University of Exeter in LLB English law and French. With an advanced knowledge of English, French and EU law, developed through a bilingual and comparative curriculum, Daniel aspires to contribute legal research, analytical, and cross-jurisdictional knowledge to the EPIS team. He has completed a dissertation on Moldova's EU accession.
Question: Has the EU solved ‘mixity’ at the cost of democracy? Argument: The ‘split-and-apply’ doctrine, refined after Wallonia’s 2016 near-veto of CETA and now deployed on EU-Mercosur, lawfully detaches exclusive-competence trade from national ratification — yet removes the forum that once chann…
Can the EU establish a sovereign defense force despite rigid legal hurdles and the reluctance of member states to cede national control? Since formal treaty reform is politically blocked by the requirement for unanimity, the only viable path forward is incremental integration through the Rapid De…
Main question: Can international law truly hold Russia accountable for aggression in Ukraine? Argument: Ukraine has pushed accountability forward through the ICJ, ICC, the Register of Damage, and a Special Tribunal, but each mechanism faces limits of jurisdiction, immunity, and enforcement. Concl…
