Emerging Europe continues to show mixed results in terms of political and economic freedom and the rule of law across the region’s 23 countries. According to the latest...
Tag - Rule of law
The European Court of Justice has ruled that that Polish judicial reforms aimed at lowering the retirement age of ordinary court judges were in violation of EU law...
Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic criticised by European Court of Justice over migration quotas
Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Eleanor Sharpston has once again criticised Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic for failing to comply with the EU...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the European Parliament to block the appointment of a former Hungarian justice minister as the new commissioner for...
The president-elect of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has offered the Czech Republic’s Věra Jourová, currently the European Commissioner for Justice...
Anti-corruption activist and environmental campaigner Zuzana Čaputová has been sworn in as Slovakia’s first female president. “I’m not here to rule, I’m here to...
The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights Dunja Mijatović has called on the Hungarian government to repeal the decreed “crisis situation due to mass...
László Andor, a former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, speaks to Dominik Istrate about Hungary’s economic performance, social...
Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan has called for his country’s judiciary system to remain independent and respect the rule of law. Speaking at a press conference...