nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170216-160144 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 140430s2014||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|ger|| 10.17176/20170216-160144 doi ger 342 23 Scheppele, Kim Lane Author aut Making Infringement Procedures More Effective: A Comment on Commission v. Hungary Scheppele, Kim Lane Verfassungsblog 2014-04-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 8 April, Hungary lost again at the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ). The European Commission had alleged that that Hungary violated the independence of its data protection officer and the ECJ agreed. The case broke little new legal ground. But it is important nonetheless because it signals serious trouble within the EU. The case exposes Hungary’s ongoing challenge to the EU’s fundamental principles. And it exposes the limitations of ordinary infringement proceedings for bringing a Member State back into line. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/making-infringement-procedures-more-effective-a-comment-on-commission-v-hungary/ raw object