nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201002-124719-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201002s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201002-124719-0 doi eng 342 23 Priebus, Sonja Author aut Too Little, Too Late - The Commission’s New Annual Rule of Law Report and the Rule of Law Backsliding in Hungary and Poland Priebus, Sonja Verfassungsblog 2020-10-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 30 September, the European Commission has finally presented its long-awaited first edition of the new Annual Rule of Law Report, assessing the situation of the rule of law in all member states. In cases like Hungary and Poland, where the rule of law and democracy have been deliberately dismantled over the years, this monitoring approach, however, will hardly help. The report is unfortunately too little, too late. Instead, the EU needs to strengthen its enforcement capacity by linking breaches of the rule of law with actual sanctions. CC BY-SA 4.0 Hungary Poland rule of law backsliding Rule of Law Report Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/too-little-too-late/ raw object