In a new report published on Wednesday 28 February, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that the European Commission’s annual report on the rule of law, published since 2020, “still lacks a solid foundation”.
It highlights “not only the difficulty of ensuring complementarity and synergies with all the other tools in place, but also the low rate of application of the report’s recommendations in the Member States”, according to a press release.
The annual report presents...