nim 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201204-175814-0 DE-Verfassungsblog sr||||| 201204s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201204-175814-0 doi eng 342 23 Barley, Katarina Author aut LawRules #11: We need to talk about the European Court of Justice Barley, Katarina Verfassungsblog 2020-12-04 Spoken Word spw rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The European Court of Justice has been in the middle of the European rule of law crisis for the last couple of years – and it has called out rule of law violations especially in Hungary and Poland multiple times. But the Court can’t defend the rule of law in the European Union on its own, and it needs institutional partners in this struggle. For example, it needs someone to file cases and to follow up on the Court's orders. Does the European Commission do enough on their part? Who is the guardian of the Treaties – the Commission, the Court, none of the two? The European Council is able to decide on sanctions against member states using the procedure of Article 7 TEU. But that tool has not been effective so far. Does that mean that we witness the juridification of a political conflict that puts too much of a burden on the Court? funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 ECJ European Commission Infringement Procedure Rule of Law We need to talk about the rule of law Reynders, Didier Author aut Pech, Laurent Author aut Kokott, Lennart Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/lawrules-11-we-need-to-talk-about-the-european-court-of-justice/ raw object