Bruno De Witte (born 1955, in

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and larg ...

) is a Belgian legal scholar. He is Professor of European Union law at

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, a co-director of the Maastricht Centre for European Law, and part-time Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre of the

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(EUI) in

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. He was a full-time Professor of EU Law at the European University Institute from 2000 to 2010, and Professor at Maastricht University from 1989 to 2000. He graduated in law at the University of Leuven in 1978 and attended the

College of Europe The College of Europe (french: Collège d'Europe) is a post-graduate institute of European studies with its main campus in Bruges, Belgium and a second campus in Warsaw, Poland. The College of Europe in Bruges was founded in 1949 by leading ...

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(1978–1979

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promotion).

Dieter Mahncke Dieter Mahncke (born 1941 in South-West Africa) is a scholar of foreign policy and security studies, and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Professor Emeritus of European Foreign Policy and Security Studies at the College of Europe. He is the ...

Léonce Bekemans Léonce Bekemans (born 20 September 1950 in Bruges) is a Belgian economist and scholar of European studies. Since 2002, he holds the Jean Monnet Chair in "Globalisation, Intercultural Dialogue and Inclusiveness in the EU" at the University of Padua. ...

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, ''The College of Europe. Fifty years of service to Europe'', College of Europe, Bruges, 1999. He obtained a doctorate at the European University Institute in 1985.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Witte, Bruno 1955 births Belgian legal scholars College of Europe alumni Academic staff of the European University Institute European Union law scholars Academic staff of Maastricht University People from Kortrijk Old University of Leuven alumni Living people