nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200912-211322-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200912s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200912-211322-0 doi eng 342 23 On Coins, Parallel Universes and the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism Verfassungsblog 2020-09-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The European Commission seems to inhabit a universe which is too distant from the realities of Bulgaria and Romania, which are the only EU members subjected to the CVM. Even worse, it is currently attempting to sweep the CVM under the carpet of oblivion for no good reason, as seen in Commissioner Vera Jourova’s presentation on the mechanism before the LIBE Committee at the European Parliament on 10 September 2020. The Commission is attempting to persuade concerned citizens and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) that it would continue the monitoring of these countries under the new Rule of Law Mechanism. It insists that this be an argument to terminate the CVM, but is this justified? funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Cooperation and Verification Mechanism European Commission Rule of Law Věra Jourova Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/on-coins-parallel-universes-and-the-cooperation-and-verification-mechanism/ raw object