http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200928-220833-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/before-its-too-late/ Before It’s Too Late - Open Letter to the President of the European Commission regarding the Rule of Law Breakdown in Poland Pech, Laurent Scheppele, Kim Lane Sadurski, Wojciech eng 2020-09-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 judicial independence Rule of Law Ursula von der Leyen Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Dear President von der Leyen, in your recent State of the Union address, you rightly emphasized that “breaches of the rule of law cannot be tolerated.” We are sorry to say we are seeing ample evidence to the contrary.