COMAN Ramona - Rule of Law in the EU: Tools and Challenges (8h)
Professor: Ramona COMAN
Academic Assistant: Maël Leroux
Respect for the rule of law has become a major concern in the European Union. As a number of Member States have challenged this common value, the EU institutions have responded by adopting numerous instruments, not without facing major conflicts and tensions. These instruments have been widely criticised in both their adoption and implementation, with observers, academics and political actors alike lamenting that "too little too late" has been done to halt the gradual or rapid dismantling of the rule of law.
The objective of this course is to examine the instruments available to the EU to address the lack of respect for the rule of law. After a brief overview of the context that led to the creation of these instruments (European Semester, Rule of Law Framework, Rule of law dialogue, Article 7, infringements, Rule of law Annual Report, rule of law conditionalities), the objective is to look at their strengths and weaknesses. The workshop will discuss both the political dynamics behind the emergence of a rule of law policy at the EU level and the technical aspects of these instruments.
The workshop takes the form of an interactive dialogue.