There's been quite a few new development when it comes to Rule of Law in the EU lately. Here's an overview in no particular chronological order.
1) Leading academics are putting pressure on @vonderleyen to let her words in #SOTEU speech turn into action: verfassungsblog.de/before-its-too…
2) Orbán wants @VeraJourova to resign because she "insulted" Hungary in a @derspiegel interview (aka said there were some real issues with rule of law in Hungary). politico.eu/article/hungar…
3) @EU2020DE is negotiating an "anti-corruption clause" for the recovery fund, trying to get around Hungary and Poland's rejection of a RoL mechanism that would sanction countries breaching EU values more broadly. I hope this won't be watered down any further. @MiRo_SPD
4) And last but not least: A new institute will be launched by Hungary and Poland to avoid "double standards" on the #RoL. My guess: This is going to be whataboutism 101 and instrumentalising comparative law for political interests. politico.eu/article/poland…
5) Anything else I missed - please add. No particular comments in this short thread, as I feel that the developments speak for themselves.
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