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Rule of Law Update – January 2026
Policy updatesRule of law concerns about SpainSpain has recently come under scrutiny, at EU level, for its actions in relation to the rule of law. In 2025, the Supreme Court of Spain ruled that the Chief Prosecutor had leaked confidential information to the press about a tax fraud case involving the partner …
Rule of law update – October 2025
Policy updates World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Rankings: overall decline for EU Member States The World Justice Project’s 2025 Rule of Law Index has revealed that in over two-thirds of EU Member States, adherence to the rule of law has declined in the last year. Slovakia and Hungary displayed a marked …
Rule of Law update – July 2025
The European Commission publishes the sixth annual Rule of Law report For the sixth time, the European Commission examines the rule of law developments in all Member States. The report assesses four different components: the justice system, the anti-corruption framework, media freedom and pluralism and institutional checks and balances. Furthermore, …
Rule of Law Update – April 2025
CJEU judgements: Judgement of the Court (Second Chamber) of 5 February 2025, Joined cases T-830/22 and T-156/23 (Poland v Commission), ECLI:EU:T:2025:131 and Case T-1033/23 (Poland v Commission), ECLI:EU:T:2025:129 Poland’s obligation to pay penalty imposed by the European Commission Regarding the reform of the Polish judicial system in 2019, the EU …
Rule of Law Update – January 2025
NEWS FROM THE COURTS CJEU judgments Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 4 October 2024, Case C-633/22 (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol and AE v EE and Société Éditrice du Monde SA), ECLI:EU:C:2024:843 Balance between mutual recognition of judgments and freedom of expression Real Madrid sought enforcement in France of …
Rule of law update – OCTOBER 2024
NEWS FROM THE COURTS CJEU judgments CJEU Judgment of 11 July 2024, Joined Cases C-554/21, C-622/21 and C-727/21 (Hann-Invest), ECLI:EU:C:2024:594 Preliminary reference by Croatian court concerning judicial fairness and external influence on judicial decisions The preliminary ruling requests concern the interpretation of Article 19(1) TEU and Article 47 of the Charter …