nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221017-162426-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221017s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20221017-162426-0 doi eng 342 23 Jakab, András Author aut Three misconceptions about the EU rule of law crisis Jakab, András Verfassungsblog 2022-10-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier There are three major academic and political misconceptions concerning the EU rule of law crisis. The first mistake is already in the denomination, as the name ‘rule of law crisis’ is actually misleading, the second is to believe that ‘the EU does not have the necessary legal tools’, and the third is to conceive it as a ‘crisis only in the Member States affected’. These misconceptions make the crisis look narrower and less threatening than what it actually is, while also offering excuses for inaction. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU Commission Rule of Law rule of law backsliding Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/misconceptions-rol/ raw object