This open access book deals with Article 7 TEU measures, court proceedings, financial sanctions and the EU Rule of Law Framework to protect EU values with a par

A state-of-the-art analysis of the contentious areas of EU law that have been put in the spotlight by populism.

It is clear that the current crisis of the EU is not confined to the Eurozone and the EMU, evidenced in its inability to ensure the compliance of Member States

This book provides an analysis of key approaches to rule of law oversight in the EU and identifies deeper theoretical problems.

At first, it was believed that accession to the EU would have a positive effect on the process of democratization in former communist countries. However, over t