EU responses to rule of law backsliding in the Member States – the Hungarian case

TitleEU responses to rule of law backsliding in the Member States – the Hungarian case
Publication TypeCikk / Journal
Év / Year2017
AuthorsBárd, Petra
Kulcsszavak / KeywordsEurope, Hungary
Abstract

The European Union is founded on a set of common legal principles such as democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). Future member states are filtered for their compliance with these values before they accede to the Union, 3 nevertheless no similar method exists to supervise adherence to these foundational principles after accession. This has been referred to as the ‘Copenhagen dilemma’.