nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210708-015942-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210707s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210708-015942-0 doi eng 342 23 Drinóczi, Tímea Author aut The EU Cannot Save Us - Why Poland and Hungary need resilience, not future-oriented reforms of EU enforcement mechanisms Drinóczi, Tímea Verfassungsblog 2021-07-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Many EU and comparative constitutional law scholars have condemned the Polish and Hungarian governments and urged the EU to address the democratic decay and the rule of law deterioration in Poland and Hungary. When the EU fails to deliver, they harshly criticize them and put forward reform proposals. In substance, I agree with much of that. Nevertheless, I would put forward two arguments. The first is that we should be realistic about what we expect these reforms could achieve. The second is that constitutionalists should stop urging the EU to crack down on Poland and Hungary. Instead, they should focus on helping the resilient factors within these countries. CC BY-SA 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-eu-cannot-save-us/ raw object