Poland’s system is cleaner but the government’s court-stacking could fall foul of the regulation’s references to judicial independence, if the EC thinks it interferes with the management of EU funds
Piotr Buras comments on the rule-of-law regulation and consequences for Poland
The rule of law and fundamental freedoms are still not guaranteed. The regime is very fearful and unable to distinguish what is a real threat and what is not
Arturo Varvelli comments on the open investigation of the murder of Italian Giulio Regeni in Egypt
It’s sad to see that Poland & Hungary apparently are overplaying their power & maybe even opening the Pandora’s box to the offer of putting their country on the road to talk about their [own Brexits’]
In defending its strategy in the dispute over the EU budget and its conditionality mechanism, the Law and Justice Government is using manipulation and untruth
Piotr Buras and Szymon Ananicz about myths of government propaganda on linking EU funds to the rule of law
The experience that, at the time of the crisis, internal policy was more important to Poland and Hungary than solidarity within the EU, will surely be deeply rooted in collective memory
European leaders should not be fooled by Kaczynski and Orban’s threat to block the EU budget over their objection to making funds conditional on maintaining the rule of law
Rafael Loss contributes an essay on “The added value of European coalitions: past, present, and future” to the latest based on EU Coalition Explorer work.
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