Professor of Law, Dean of @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social, Senior Research Fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest, and co-director of @goodlobbyprofs.bsky.social. Usual disclaimers.
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This is an important point & why Hungaryâs democratic restoration *may* be easier than that of Poland. When institutions behave as they should, there is less of a need for complete overhaul â the problem is not structural. Itâs early days though and clearly doesnât apply to all institutions.
My latest @verfassungsblog.de post on an under-explored aspect of Europeâs rule of law crisis. Further highlights the gap between rhetoric and action when it comes to upholding the rule of law with damaging consequences for our rule of law ecosystem, not to mention the credibility of these networks
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Zselyke Csaky
Hungaryâs new prime minister has pledged to change the constitution to remove from office most appointees put in place by his predecessor Viktor OrbĂĄn, including the countryâs president.
von der Leyen: "The moment the rule of law reform passes the parliament, the moment the money tied to that milestone can be disbursed"
They never learn... and the CJEU may just be about to require the *effective application* of relevant legislative reforms before EU funds can be disbursed
Latest Polish đŠ (un)constitutional âcourtâ - to this day, this fake body is yet to be suspended from the conference of european constitutional courts. This will be one of the networks whose failure to act I will address in my next blog post (if deemed worthy by @verfassungsblog.de)
See Advocate Generalâs Opinion in Case C-225/24:
The Commission may not disburse EU funds to a Member State until the required legislative reforms are in force AND are effectively being applied
cc @jmorijn.bsky.social @kimlanelaw.bsky.social
