nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/f9387bb8f090c9da DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260624s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/f9387bb8f090c9da doi eng 342 23 van de Beeten, Jacob Author aut The Politics of European Society - Conservative, not Transformative van de Beeten, Jacob Verfassungsblog 2026-06-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Commission v Hungary marks the remarkable ascent of the European society discourse. A closer look, however, reveals that there is little transformative in the Court’s Article 2 TEU case law or its invocation of European society. Beneath the rhetoric of transformation, the institutional adaptation of the society discourse is above all conservative in nature, seeking to protect the authority of the EU. The hope that the Court will pursue a transformative agenda is unfounded. Rather, the notion of European society is instrumental in legitimising the status quo. CC BY-SA 4.0 Article 2 TEU EU European Society (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-politics-of-european-society/ raw object