As the Council of Europe celebrates the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Ministers of Justice of the 47 member States of the Organisation, meeting by videoconference under the Greek Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law. Speaking at the opening of the […]
New mechanism aims to protect EU budget and values
The EU is preparing rules which would make it possible to stop payments from the EU budget to member states that do not respect the rule of law. Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement with the Council presidency on 5 November on legislation establishing a mechanism that would allow the suspension of budget payments to […]
First Annual Report on the Rule of Law situation across the European Union
The European Commission has today published the first EU-wide report on the rule of law. This report includes input from every Member State and covers both positive and negative developments across the EU. It shows that many Member States have high rule of law standards, but important challenges to the rule of law exist in the EU. It […]