As announced in the spring (see EUROPE B12225A4), on Wednesday 17 July, the European Commission submitted new ideas to Member States to strengthen the monitoring of the rule of law in the European Union. In particular, it proposed to set up an annual monitoring mechanism in all member countries, similar to what it does for national budgets.
As such, the Commission will present an annual report, giving substance to a long-standing request from the European Parliament, which had already...