nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190517-144144-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190423s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190517-144144-0 doi eng 342 23 Vassileva, Radosveta Author aut Is Bulgaria’s Rule of Law about to Die under the European Commission’s Nose? The Country’s Highest-Ranking Judge Fears So Vassileva, Radosveta Verfassungsblog 2019-04-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 17 April 2019, the President of Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation Lozan Panov was the keynote speaker at a yearly event dedicated to court independence. In his speech, Panov painted a vivid, yet gruesome picture of Bulgaria’s rule of law which is about to die like an oblivious frog in a pan of hot water reaching tipping point. Sadly, EU institutions have been turning a blind eye to the troublesome developments in Bulgaria for far too long. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Constitutional Capture Democratic Backsliding Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/is-bulgarias-rule-of-law-about-to-die-under-the-european-commissions-nose-the-countrys-highest-ranking-judge-fears-so/ raw object