Each FIDE Congress is defined by thoughtfully chosen themes, reflecting the
pressing legal questions of their time. For those seeking to understand the
evolving landscape of the European Union and the challenges it has confronted
at key historical moments, the FIDE Congresses constitute unparalleled points
of reference and a true chronicle of legal dialogue on EU law.2
It was in the spirit of this tradition that we set out to identify the themes of
the 2025 Congress.
In a process set in motion in 2022, the Polish Association established an
advisory committee. This body included Miguel Poiares Maduro, former
Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Dean of
the Global School of Law at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and
Adjunct Professor at the School of Transnational Governance of the European
University Institute in Florence; Daniel Sarmiento, Professor of EU
and Administrative Law at the University Complutense of Madrid; and
Stanislas Adam, Legal Clerk in the Chambers of the President of the CJEU.
They were joined by the Polish Judges at the General Court, Nina Półtorak
and Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk. Members of the Board of the Polish Association
of European Law – Maciej Szpunar, Dagmara Kornobis-Romanowska,
Sylwia Majkowska-Szulc, and myself – who also formed part of this committee,
wish to express our sincere gratitude to these esteemed colleagues,
whose insights have significantly shaped the intellectual agenda of the
2025 Congress.
We also benefited from the invaluable input of the FIDE Steering Committee,
national associations, the academic community, and legal practitioners,
whose collective and individual insights enriched the conceptualisation of the
Congress main themes.
The topics ultimately selected for the XXXI FIDE Congress were the following:
Topic 1: EU Emergency Law
Topic 2: EU Digital Economy: general framework (DSA/DMA) and specialised
regimes
Topic 3: Energy solidarity and energy security – from green transition to the
EU’s crisis management
(from the forewords)