nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/389d140e12e6eda8 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 231215s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/389d140e12e6eda8 doi eng 342 23 Lobina, Benedetta Author aut (orcid)0009-0002-1070-2260 Same Old, Same Old - Nothing New for the Council’s Annual Rule of Law Dialogue Lobina, Benedetta Verfassungsblog 2023-12-15 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Following the General Affairs Council on 12 December 2023, the Spanish presidency issued its conclusions on the evaluation of the Annual Rule of Law Dialogue (ARoLD). The overly positive assessment that transpires from the conclusion fails to convince, due to the continued reliance on confidentiality and the lack of any tangible standards. Moreover, the improvements suggested by the Presidency fall overwhelmingly short of addressing the issues that plague this instrument, confirming it as a weak exercise in posturing with no real stakes involved.   CC BY-SA 4.0 Council Presidency Council of Europe EU rule of law framework Political Rule of Law Enforcement University College Dublin | Dublin (DE-588)1014161-3 gnd University College Dublin | Dublin Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/same-old-same-old/ raw object