TY - JOUR
T1 - War as a pretext to wave the rule of law goodbye? The case for an EU constitutional awakening
AU - Bárd, Petra
AU - Kochenov, Dimitry V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. European Law Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - The war in Ukraine triggered significant changes at the European Union level. The speed at which the EU has achieved progress on sanctions, migration and defense is particularly impressive. But the Russian aggression against Ukraine has also served as a pretext for putting aside internal discussions about the rule of law, and provided additional political rationales for inaction against Member State governments responsible for the violation of European values, as well as triggered the deepening of double standards in several fields. Against this background, the paper argues that using this crisis as a justification for further inaction in the context of EU values is not a sustainable course of action. The Union must not delay further the need to act to halt the insidious erosion of democracy and the rule of law within its own borders both at the national and supranational level.
AB - The war in Ukraine triggered significant changes at the European Union level. The speed at which the EU has achieved progress on sanctions, migration and defense is particularly impressive. But the Russian aggression against Ukraine has also served as a pretext for putting aside internal discussions about the rule of law, and provided additional political rationales for inaction against Member State governments responsible for the violation of European values, as well as triggered the deepening of double standards in several fields. Against this background, the paper argues that using this crisis as a justification for further inaction in the context of EU values is not a sustainable course of action. The Union must not delay further the need to act to halt the insidious erosion of democracy and the rule of law within its own borders both at the national and supranational level.
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U2 - 10.1111/eulj.12435
DO - 10.1111/eulj.12435
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131926191
SN - 1351-5993
VL - 27
SP - 39
EP - 49
JO - European Law Journal
JF - European Law Journal
IS - 1-3
ER -