This is the fifth edition of Liberties’ coordinated report on the state of rule of law in
the EU. The report lays out the most striking
developments concerning the rule of law,
democracy and related fundamental rights in
2023 in 19 countries across the EU, namely
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech
Republic, Estonia, France, Germyn, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia, and Sweden. Thirty-seven civil
society organisations and one independent
human rights expert from across the EU contributed to the research, which looked into a
wide range of areas including the functioning
of justice systems, the anti-corruption framework, media freedom, pluralism and safety of
journalists, checks and balances, civic space
and human rights defenders and systemic
human rights violations affecting the rule of
law.
Besides pulling together all the individual
country reports drafted by member and
partner organisations, the report includes an
overview of general trends on the rule of law
in the EU compiled by Liberties. It also formulates detailed recommendations addressed
to both national governments and the EU
institutions on how to address the shortcomings identified in each of the areas covered,
and suggests how the European Commission
could improve the impact of its monitoring
exercise.
Authors
- Published in
- Germany
