Unexpected Complications: The impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the rule of law crisis in the EU

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 Author aut Text xx# 2022 Verfassungsblog 2022-12-23 ger 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 Jaraczewski, Jakub Rule of Law Russian War against Ukraine Ukraine 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/unexpected-complications-the-impact-of-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-on-the-rule-of-law-crisis-in-the-eu/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20221224-001629-0 221223 10.17176/20221224-001629-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)