The rule of law conditionality. Opportunities and challenges
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https://doi.org/10.24197/ree.81.2023.1-28Palabras clave:
art. 2TEU, art. 7TEU, art. 19TEU, art. 47CFREU, rule of law, European integration, CJEU, financial conditionality, illiberal democracy.Resumen
This paper seeks to analyze the rule of law in the Polish case in recent years and above all to lead to a first analysis of the conclusions of the Advocate General of 2 December 2021 which rejected the appeals of Poland and Hungary against the conditionality regime for protection of the Union budget in the event of a breach of the rule of law.
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