nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221224-001629-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221223s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|ger|| 10.17176/20221224-001629-0 doi ger 342 23 Jaraczewski, Jakub Author aut Unexpected Complications: The impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the rule of law crisis in the EU - An anti-rule of law alliance Jaraczewski, Jakub Verfassungsblog 2022-12-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier If somebody had asked me in late 2021 what events would define the rule of law crisis in the European Union in 2022, I would have said that the elections in Hungary would be the most crucial moment for the struggle for EU values. On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin made almost all predictions concerning European politics obsolete. Russia’s unjustified, brutal invasion of Ukraine not only obliterated an over 30-year-old paradigm of security on the continent but also had massive ripple effects on many aspects of European life, including the rule of law crisis in two EU Member States: Hungary and Poland. CC BY-SA 4.0 Rule of Law Russian War against Ukraine Ukraine Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/unexpected-complications-the-impact-of-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-on-the-rule-of-law-crisis-in-the-eu/ raw object