nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190905-201425-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190905s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190905-201425-0 doi eng 342 23 Pech, Laurent Author aut The Commission’s Rule of Law Blueprint for Action: A Missed Opportunity to Fully Confront Legal Hooliganism Pech, Laurent Verfassungsblog 2019-09-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In its first Communication entitled “Further strengthening the Rule of Law within the Union” published on 3 April 2019, the Commission offered a useful overview of the state of play while also positively inviting all stakeholders to make concrete proposals so as to enhance the EU’s “rule of law toolbox”. A follow up Communication from July 2019 sets out multiple “concrete actions for the short and medium term”. This post will highlight the most innovative actions proposed by the Commission before highlighting what we view as the main weakness of its blueprint: a reluctance to fully accept the reality of rule of law backsliding. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Rule of Law rule of law crisis Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich Author aut Grabowska-Moroz, Barbara Author aut Grogan, Joelle Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-commissions-rule-of-law-blueprint-for-action-a-missed-opportunity-to-fully-confront-legal-hooliganism/ raw object