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Michael Ioannidis

Dr. iur., LL.M. (Cambridge), Senior Research Fellow; Lead Legal Counsel, European Central Bank (ECB)

ioannidis@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-621

Main Fields of Research:

EU Law, esp. EU Constitutional Law and EU Economic Law, International Economic Law, Comparative Public Law, Theory of Law

Academic Career:

Law

 

Since 2012             

Senior Research Fellow at the MPIL

2008 - 2012

Ph.D., Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany Supervisor: Armin von Bogdandy; Topic of dissertation: ‘Participation Rights in WTO Law’ (summa cum laude)

2007 - 2008

LL.M., University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Concentrations: WTO Law, EU Law, Civil Liberties

2006 - 2007

LL.M., University of Heidelberg, Germany; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Eberhard Schmidt-Aßmann; Topic of master thesis: ‘Judicial Remedies against Delegated Legislation in Germany, Greece, and the EU’ [in German]

2005 - 2006

Legal intern in Athens, Greece 

2001 - 2005

LL.B. (4yr Bachelor of Law), National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
   
Economics    
2012 - 2016

International and European Economics (4yr Bachelor of Economics), Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

 

 


Post-doc project (Habilitation) Eurozone Conditionality

Recent Publications

  • Climate change and the mandate of the ECB: Potential and limits of monetary contribution to European green policies. In: Common Market Law Review 59/`22, 363-394 (2022) (with Chiara Zilioli). on-line article
  • Klimawandel und das Mandat der EZB: Potenzial und Grenzen des Beitrags der Geldpolitik zu einer europäischen grünen Politik. In: Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (EuZW) 32/24, 1061-1071 (2021) (with Chiara Zilioli). on-line article
  • The Mandate of the ECB: Legal Considerations in the ECB's Monetary Policy Strategy Review. In: ECB Occasional Paper 2021/276, 1-33 (2021) (with Sarah Jane Hlásková, Chiara Zilioli). on-line article
  • The judicial review of discretion in the Banking Union: from ‘soft’ to ‘hard(er)’ look?. In: Judicial Review in the European Banking Union, Chiara Zilioli, Karl-Philipp Wojcik (eds.). Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2021, 130-145. book available here
  • The principle of confidentiality in banking supervision. In: ESCB Legal Conference 2020. European Central Bank. ECB Publications, Frankfurt a.M. 2021, 223-241. book available here
  • Between Responsibility and Solidarity: COVID-19 and the Future of the European Economic Order. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 80/4, 1-11 (2020).
  • The Judiciary. In: The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics, Kevin Featherstone, Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2020, 117-136. book available here
  • COVID and Euro-solidarity (Κορωνοϊός και ευρω-αλληλεγγύη). In: Kathimerini, 01.04.2020. on-line article
  • The European Central Bank. In: The EU Law of the Economic & Monetary Union, Fabian Amtenbrink, Christoph Hermann (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2020, 353-389. book available here
  • Articles 15 to 17. In: EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Commentary [in Greek; update]. Nomiki Vivliohtiki, Athens 2019, 203-245. book available here
  • Do States Change Names? (Aλλάζουν όνομα τα κράτη;). In: Kathimerini (Sunday edition), 20.05.2018. on-line article
  • The rule of law in crisis: How can the EU support weak institutions?’ [in Greek]. In: Νομικό Βήμα (Legal Forum; Athens Bar Association Journal) 52, 1996-2003 (2018) (with Armin von Bogdandy).
  • Debt restructuring in the light of Pringle and Gauweiler - flexibility and conditionality. In: ESCB Legal Conference 2016. ECB Publications, Frankfurt 2017, 78-93. book available here
  • Weak Members and the Enforcement of EU law. In: The Enforcement of EU law and Values, A Jacab, D Kochenov (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2017, 476-492. book available here
  • Νέες δυνάμεις για τους θεσμούς της Ελλάδας. In: Kathimerini (Sunday edition), 02.04.2017. (with Armin von Bogdandy) on-line article
  • Neue Leute braucht das Land. In: Die Zeit, 23.03.2017. (with Armin von Bogdandy) on-line article
  • ‘Enforcing EU Values: Reverse Solange and a Systemic Deficiency Committe. In: The Enforcement of EU law and Values, A Jacab, D Kochenov (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2017, 218-233 (with Armin von Bogdandy, Carlino Antpöhler). book available here
  • Evolution and Gestalt of the Greek State. In: Ius Publicum Europeum, Sabino Cassese, Armin von Bogdandy, Peter Huber (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2017, 238-288 (with Koutnatzis, Stylianos). book available here
  • Europe’s new Transformations: How the EU economic constitution changed during the Eurozone Crisis. In: Common Market Law Review 53/5, 1237-1316 (2016). full text here
  • Articles 15 to 17. In: EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Commentary [in Greek]. Nomiki Vivliohtiki, Athens 2015. book available here
  • Il diritto ad avere diritti europei. Importanza e problemi dell’azione comune contro i deficit sistemici. In: Scienza & Politica 26, 111-119 (2014) (with A von Bogdandy). full text here
  • Precautionary Credit Lines in IMF and ESM [in Greek]. In: Administrative Law Journal 6/2014, 705-716 (2014). full text here
  • Financial Assistance Conditionality as Instrument of European Governance [in Greek]. In: Administrative Law Journal 2/2014, 146-162 (2014). full text here
  • La deficiencia sistémica en el Estado de Derecho (updated translation from English). In: Revista de Estudios Políticos 165, 19-64 (2014) (with A von Bogdandy).
  • ‘Il Deficit Sistemico. Caratteristiche, strumenti e problemi sviluppati sul principio europeo dello Stato di diritto e il nuovo PVSD’ (updated translation from English). In: Rivista Trimestrale di Diritto Pubblico 2014, 593-641 (2014) (with A von Bogdandy).
  • Das systemische Defizit – Merkmale, Instrumente und Probleme am Beispiel der Rechtsstaatlichkeit und des neuen Rechtsstaatlichkeitsaufsichtsverfahrens (updated translation from English). In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 74, 283-328 (2014) (with Armin von Bogdandy). full text here
  • Systemic deficiency in the rule of law: What it is, what has been done, what can be done. In: Common Market Law Review 51/1, 59-96 (2014) (with Armin von Bogdandy). full text here
  • Beyond the standard of review: Deference criteria in WTO law and the case for a procedural approach. In: Deference in International Courts and Tribunals: Standard of Review and Margin of Appreciation, L Gruszczynski, W Werner (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, 91-112. book available here
  • EU Financial Assistance Conditionality After Two Pack. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 74/1, 61-104 (2014). full text here
  • The ECtHR, National Constitutional Law, and the Limits of Democracy: Sitaropoulos and Others v Greece. In: European Public Law 17, 661-674 (2011).
  • Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence and the Creation of a New Legal Order. In: EUI Working Paper 7, 1-26 (2011). http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/18...
  • A Procedural Approach to the Legitimacy of International Adjudication: Developing Standards of Participation in WTO law. In: German Law Journal 12, 1175-1202 (2011). http://www.germanlawjournal.com/index.ph...
  • Naming a State: Disputing Over Symbols of Statehood at the Example of ‘Macedonia’. In: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 14, 507-561 (2010).
  • The Greek Constitutional Prohibition of the Establishment of Private Universities from the Perspective of European Union Law [in Greek]. In: The Constitution [To Syntagma] 4/2009, 823-871 (2009).

Blogposts

  • ‘Herr der Verträge?’: Η απόφαση Weiss του BVerfG,. www.syntagmawatch.gr, 07 May 2020. link
  • Brexit and the foundations of the Constitution: The judgment Cherry/Miller (No 2) of the UK Supreme Court (Το Brexit και τα «θεμέλια του συντάγματος»: Η απόφαση Cherry/Miller (No 2) του Ανωτάτου Δικαστηρίου του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου). www.syntagmawatch.gr, 08 October 2019. link
  • When does a Member of Parliament 'betray' a citizen's vote? (Πότε προδίδει ο βουλευτής την ψήφο του πολίτη;). www.syntagmawatch.gr, 17 April 2019. link
  • Can a political party be a criminal organization? (Μπορεί ένα κόμμα να είναι ταυτοχρόνως εγκληματική οργάνωση;). www.syntagmawatch.gr, 17 April 2019. link
  • The CJEU, the BVerfG and Mr Varoufakis: the importance of Weiss case for the Greek negotiation strategy of 2015 (o ΔΕΕ, το BVerfG και ο κ. Βαρουφάκης. Τι σημαίνει η απόφαση Weiss για την ελληνική διαπραγματευτική στρατηγική του 2015). www.constitutionalism.gr, 01 February 2019. link
  • Towards a European Monetary Fund: Comments on the Commission’s Proposal. eulawanalysis, 31 January 2018. link

Working Papers

  • Between Responsibility and Solidarity: COVID-19 and the Future of the European Economic Order. MPIL RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 06 November 2020. link

Presentations

19 Dec 2017

Article 125 TFEU and Eurozone’s new Constitutional Architecture

‘ECB Legal Townhall Meeting’

Frankfurt

17 Sep 2017

Weak Members and the EU Rule of Law: The Case of Greece

‘Article 7 TEU, the EU Rule of Law Framework and EU Values: Powers, Procedures, Implications’, MPIL and the University of Warsaw Faculty of Law

Warsaw

05 Jul 2017

The ECJ Standard of Review on Macroeconomic Policies

‘Courts, Power, Public Law’ ICON-S 2017 Conference

Copenhagen

07 Apr 2017

Constitutional Principles in Times of Euro-crisis

Padua, International Conference: European Union and Fundamental Rights in Times of Austerity

30 Mar 2017

Neutrality in Financial-Assistance Conditionality

2017 European Society of International Law Research Forum, The Neutrality of International Law: Myth or Reality?

Granada

23 Mar 2017

The Transformation of Europe: How the EU Economic Constitution Changed during the Eurozone Crisis

ESM, Luxembourg

06 Oct 2016

The Search for a Legal Basis for a European Sovereign Restructuring Mechanism

ESCB Legal Workshop ‘Legal Environment for Government Debt Restructuring’ (invited speaker)

ECB, Frankfurt am Main

07 Sep 2016

The Relationship between Law and the Rule of Law in the EU

UACES, 46th Annual Conference (invited chair discussant)

London, Queen Mary's University

17 Jun 2016

Conditionality and the Transformation of the European Constitution

ICON-S 2016 Conference ‘Borders, Otherness and Public Law’ (co-convener of the panel ‘Conditionality in the Eurozone Crisis’)

Berlin, Humbolt University

25 Nov 2015

Conditionality in EU Law

Kuratorium of the Max Plank Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (selected speaker)

20 Nov 2015

Weak Members and the EU Rule of Law

8th Annual Conference of the Cluster of Excellence ‘The Formation of Normative Orders’ Goethe University (invited speaker)

Frankfurt, Goethe Univerersity

13 Nov 2015

Five President’s Report: from “Transfer” to “Convergence”

Conference ‘More EU to overcome the crisis: What budget, resources, fiscal and borrowing powers for the EU?’

Florence, University of Florence, Polo di Scienze Sociali

07 Nov 2015

The Transformation of the ECB

IKYDA IV Greek-German Conference ‘State Insolvency and the New Role of Central Banks’ (invited speaker)

Thessaloniki, Aristotle University, Faculty of Law

16 Jul 2015

Hellas Zukunft? Greece and Europe after the Referendum

Round Table Discussion at DAI Heidelberg (together with Matthias Goldmann, Prof. Achilles Skordas, and Prof. Armin von Bogdandy)

Heidelberg, DAI

13 Jul 2015

The Euro Summit Agreement on Greece

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

18 Jun 2015

Conditionality in International and European Law

Job Lecture, Hertie School of Governance

Berlin, Hertie School of Governance

16 May 2015

Ο Ρόλος της ΕΚΤ στους Ευρωπαϊκούς Μηχανισμούς Οικονομικής Στήριξης

Δεύτερο Ετήσιο Συνέδριο Ένωσης Ελλήνων Δημοσιολόγων «Επίκαιρα Ζητήματα Δημοσίου Δικαίου»

Thessaloniki

24 Apr 2015

Participation in International Trade Law. How WTO law can Promote Democratic Legitimacy

Conference ‘Freihandel vs. Demokratie’, Junge Wissenschaftler im öffentlichen Recht e.V. und Völkerrechtsblog

Berlin

30 Mar 2015

The new Eurozone Agreement on Greece

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

23 Mar 2015

Conditionally Yours - Eurozone Financial Assistance and the Greek Challenge

Access Europe Lecture Series, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam

09 Jan 2015

Beyond the Standard of Review: Deference Criteria in WTO law and the Case for a Procedural Approach

Final Meeting COST Action 1003 ‘International Law Between Constitutionalization and Fragmentation’

Amsterdam

08 Dec 2014

The Reform of the IMF

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

24 Nov 2014

Systemic Deficiency in the Rule of Law and Weak Institutions

Conference ‘Monitoring and Evaluating Rule of Law in EU Member States‘

Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam

20 Oct 2014

Country-Specific Recommendations and the Long Way to the EU Economic Governance

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

29 Sep 2014

Συστημικά προβλήματα του κράτους δικαίου από την άποψη του δικαίου της ΕΕ

Εκδήλωση της Ένωσης Ελλήνων Δημοσιολόγων (invited speaker)

Athens, Athens Bar Association

04 Aug 2014

Immanuel Kant: Zum ewigen Frieden

Seminar: Aspekte der Rechtsphilosophie Immanuel Kants, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Château du Liebfrauenberg

11 Jul 2014

Systemic Deficiency and Reverse Solange

Conference ‘Enforcing EU Law Against Recalcitrant Member States‘

Berlin, Rule of Law Center, WZB Berlin Social Research Center

07 Jun 2014

Das Recht im Werk von Adam Smith

Max Planck Discussion Group "Fundamentals of Public Law"

Heidelberg, MPIL

30 May 2014

Οι κανόνες ευρωπαϊκής οικονομικής στήριξης και επιτήρησης μετά το Two Pack: Διαφάνεια και δημοκρατία στη νέα οικονομική διακυβέρνηση

Πρώτο Ετήσιο Συνέδριο Ένωσης Ελλήνων Δημοσιολόγων «Θεμελιώδη Δικαιώματα και Θεσμοί στην εποχή της κρίσης»

Athens

15 May 2014

The Single Resolution Mechanism: Concluding the EU Banking Union

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

07 Feb 2014

The New Obscurity: Informality, Intransparency and the Allocation of Responsibilities in the New European Economic Governance

Conference ‘Technocracy and Democracy in Times of Financial Crisis’, International workshop organized by Hubert Heinelt and Jens Steffek

Darmstadt, Technische Universität Darmstadt

17 Feb 2014

TTIP und Demokratie?

Infoveranstaltung des BUND Kaiserslautern zum Freihandelsabkommen zwischen USA und EU

Kaiserslautern

16 Dec 2013

The new EU-Canada Trade Agreement (CETA)

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

11 Oct 2013

International Lending: Managing the Unseen Empire

Conference ‘Managing Empires. Cooperation, Competition, Conflict’, Exzellenzcluster Asien und Europa im globalen Kontext

Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg

19 Aug 2013

EU Governance in the Years of Debt: Regulation 472/2013

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

18 Mar 2013

Case E-16/11 EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

18 Feb 2013

International Trade Governance after Doha

Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

01 Feb 2013

Standard of Review in WTO Law

Conference ‘Standard of Review of International Courts and Tribunals’, organized by COST Action ‘International Law Between Constitutionalization and Fragmentation’ and the University of Lund

Lund, University of Lund

18 Jun 2012

Participation Rights in WTO Law

Fachbeirat of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Heidelberg, MPIL

Teaching

WS 2017/2018

Basics of European Union Law

SS 2016/2017

Constitutional Crises of the European Union

WS 2016/2017

Basics of European Union Law

WS 2015/2016

Basics of European Union Law

SS 2014/2015

Strukturwandel des öffentlichen Rechts

WS 2014/2015

Introduction to the Law of the IMF

Honours

IKY Scholarship (from 2007 to 2011, awarded after national exams by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation)
George and Marie Vergottis Cambridge Bursary (2007, awarded by the Cambridge European Trust)
IKY Prize (twice, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, awarded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation to the 10 best students of the Law Faculty of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens)