The European Commission indicated on Tuesday evening, 23 October in Strasbourg, that it would propose in 2019 an initiative to strengthen its rule of law mechanism adopted in 2014 (see EUROPE 11036).Â
In a plenary debate on the progress made over the past two years on the European Parliament's request to establish a regular formal framework for assessing the situation of the rule of law in all Member States (see EUROPE 11654), First Vice-President of the Commission Frans Timmermans added...