3 February 2022 European Politics
Sara Bombardieri 8 min
The latest ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court undermining the principle of the primacy of EU law has clearly deteriorated the already precarious relations between Poland and the European Union. […]
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18 October 2021 European Politics
Laura Sanz 6 min
In the middle of the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, the rule of law debate rises again and threatens the core of the European Union.
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13 November 2020 European Politics
Laura Sanz 6 min
After years of institutional debate on how to combat rule of law backsliding within the European Union, the European Parliament has reached an agreement with the Council linking EU funds to rule of law compliance. This means that the European Union will stop funding those national governments that threaten the rule of law, with the aim to get them to respect fundamental values listed in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union. This may not put an end to the problem the EU is currently facing vis-à -vis Hungary and Poland, but it represents a step torwards triggering further initiatives and maybe future reforms to the Treaties’ acquis.
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16 July 2020 European institutions
Reading time: 3 min The Rule of Law (RoL), one of the European core values, has gotten much attention in the past. The European Parliament and the European Commission have […]
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11 November 2017 Other articles
Catalonia has become a gunpowder and seems to be exploding, as after the first of October 2017, the situation between the central state and the autonomous government has been glowing […]
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