http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20171006-142028 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/eu-commission-v-hungary-the-case-for-the-systemic-infringement-action/ EU Commission v. Hungary: The Case for the “Systemic Infringement Action” Scheppele, Kim Lane eng 2013-11-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 What can the European Union – and in particular the European Commission – do about Member States that no longer reliably play by the most fundamental European rules? The question is now urgent because several Member States are already posing such challenges. Treaty reform could give the Commission new powers. But can the Commission act without waiting for the long and arduous process of treaty reform to provide new tools? Kim Lane Scheppele proposes a new approach, a simple extension of an existing mechanism: the infringement action.