http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170216-160144 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/making-infringement-procedures-more-effective-a-comment-on-commission-v-hungary/ Making Infringement Procedures More Effective: A Comment on Commission v. Hungary Scheppele, Kim Lane ger 2014-04-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On 8 April, Hungary lost again at the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ). The European Commission had alleged that that Hungary violated the independence of its data protection officer and the ECJ agreed. The case broke little new legal ground. But it is important nonetheless because it signals serious trouble within the EU. The case exposes Hungary’s ongoing challenge to the EU’s fundamental principles. And it exposes the limitations of ordinary infringement proceedings for bringing a Member State back into line.