“The Rule of Law Mechanism” and the Hungarian and Polish Resistance: European Law Against National Identity?

Authors

  • Christoph J. Schewe Fachhochschule für Verwaltung und Dienstleistung
  • Thomas Blome Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22364/jull.14.03

Keywords:

rule of law, conditionality mechanism, regulation on general conditional rules for the protection of the budget of the Union, national identity, democracy

Abstract

Similarly to the rest of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has also hit the European Union (EU) severely. In order to foster the process of the economic recovery of EU Member States, the EU Member States agreed on a financial aid package combined with a regulation – the conditionality mechanism – that provided for financial sanctions in the event of a breach of the rule of law. Given that the positions of Poland and Hungary in the adoption process of this regulation caused a controversy, this article examines general questions on the rule of law, the regulation and the background to the controversy.

Author Biographies

  • Christoph J. Schewe, Fachhochschule für Verwaltung und Dienstleistung

    Professor Dr. iur., M.E.S.
    Fachhochschule für Verwaltung und Dienstleistung, Kiel-Altenholz/Reinfeld

  • Thomas Blome, Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung

    Dr. 
    Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung, Brühl

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Published

2021-11-09

Issue

No. 14 (2021): Journal of the University of Latvia. Law

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How to Cite

Schewe, C. J., & Blome, T. (2021). “The Rule of Law Mechanism” and the Hungarian and Polish Resistance: European Law Against National Identity?. Journal of the University of Latvia. Law, 14, 49-67. https://doi.org/10.22364/jull.14.03