nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210510-181420-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210510s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210510-181420-0 doi eng 342 23 Leloup, Mathieu Author aut The ECtHR Steps into the Ring The Xero Flor ruling as the ECtHR’s first step in fighting rule of law backsliding Leloup, Mathieu Verfassungsblog 2021-05-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier For the last two years, the fight for safeguarding the principle of the rule of law in Poland has been dominated by the ECJ’s case law. During this, the Strasbourg Court has mostly been sitting in the bleachers. Yet, with its Xero Flor judgment of 7 May, it strapped on its gloves and stepped into the ring. It concluded that the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, in its current composition, cannot be seen as a tribunal established by law. The decision will undoubtedly have major political and legal consequences. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Democratic Backsliding ECHR ECtHR Poland Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-ecthr-steps-into-the-ring/ raw object