http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220621-153415-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/covering-up-and-rewarding-the-destruction-of-the-rule-of-law-one-milestone-at-a-time/ Covering Up and Rewarding the Destruction of the Rule of Law One Milestone at a Time Pech, Laurent eng 2022-06-21 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Appeasement EU Commission judicial independence Rule of Law Ursula von der Leyen Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Once upon a time, when still a candidate for President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen solemnly declared: “there can be no compromise when it comes to respecting the Rule of Law. There never will be.” As it is now clear, this was just Orwellian doublespeak.