πͺπΊβοΈ Not much, and mostly old stuff, in #SOTEU on the rule of law. The focus on corruption is welcome, and so upgrading the external tool that is the sanctions regime. But the lack of reference to undermining EU legal order through captured courts (π΅π±) is disappointing. 
Neither there is any reference to increasing problems with legality, especially in the context of emergency powers (π·π΄) and border crises (π΅π±π±πΉ), golden visas and dubious legal schemes that allowed many Russian oligarchs to enjoy EU (π²πΉπ΅πΉ), I could go on
Don't get me wrong - it's a shockingly good and strong SOTEU in many areas, from Russia and Ukraine through EU finances, digital democracy to the climate crisis and impending recession. On multiple fronts, it gets far more direct and timely than many previous SOTEUs did.
But the rule of law crisis is an acute problem of EU, and needs addressing beyond haphazard and inconsistent use of infringement procedures, RRF withholding and RoL conditionality. Unfortunately, and not unexpectedly, the war seems to have pushed this area out of the spotlight.
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