http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220606-182327-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-european-commission-cedes-its-crucial-leverage-vis-a-vis-the-rule-of-law-in-poland/ The European Commission Cedes its Crucial Leverage vis-à-vis the Rule of Law in Poland Sadurski, Wojciech eng 2022-06-06 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 judicial independence Polish Supreme Court Rule of Law Ursula von der Leyen Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The worst thing about the European Commission’s decision of 1 June 2022 to approve Poland’s EUR 36 billion national recovery plan, despite this country’s very meek (to put it mildly) assurances about improvements to its rule-of-law situation, is not even its substance, bad though that is. Worse still is the sequencing.