nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200120-130339-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 191231s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200120-130339-0 doi eng 342 23 Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz Author aut The Supranational Rule of Law: Thinking the Future Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz Verfassungsblog 2019-12-31 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Writing at the end of 2019 it must be clear that art. 7 TEU is not a viable political option at all. However, the Treaties do contain legal mechanisms to enforce the rule of law against the member states. Art. 7 is not, and must not, be the center of the rule of law world in the EU. Poland’s refusal to obey the Court’s judgments and its readiness to do everything possible to circumvent it strike at the very heart of the EU rule of law. The challenge is to use what is legally available rather than keep finding excuses for not using the mechanisms already in place. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Art. 7 TEU Rule of Law rule of law crisis Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-supranational-rule-of-law-thinking-the-future/ raw object