Does the European Union have the means to guarantee the rule of law? This question - the main theme of a debate that brought together various European players at the European Policy Centre in Brussels on Wednesday 22 January - gave rise to a mixed assessment of the state of the rule of law in the European Union.
"I would answer 'yes, but'", the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, cautiously put forward in her opening speech....