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A rule of law agenda for 2030
The EU’s rule of law credentials over the past few years have revealed an alarming deficit that threatens the very foundations of European integration. To a casual observer, some of these shortcomings may come as a surprise – after all, the need to safeguard the rule of law has become a recurring theme in the […]
In Brief
The European Council’s compromise on the Rule of Law Regulation
At its last meeting for this year, the European Council managed to unblock the New Generation EU (NGEU) project and the budget for the next seven years by agreeing on a two-page declaration regarding the application of the rule of law mechanism. This compromise has elicited much praise for unblocking a crucial project, but also […]