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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170303-131734 https://verfassungsblog.de/poland-and-the-european-commission-part-iii-requiem-for-the-rule-of-law/ Poland and the European Commission, Part III: Requiem for the Rule of Law Pech, Laurent Scheppele, Kim Lane eng 2017-03-03 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Capture EU Commission EU rule of law framework European Council Systemic Infringement Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On 20 February 2017, the Polish government has replied to the European Commission’s rule of law findings. That reply is so clearly absurd, rude and full of ‘alternative facts’ that the case to trigger the sanction mechanism in Art 7 TEU promptly is more compelling than ever. It is time for Member State governments to get their act together and make explicit their disapproval of a government that finds it acceptable not only to violate its national Constitution and EU values in plain sight but also to bully and disrespect EU representatives such as Frans Timmermans and Donald Tusk.