This Saar Blueprint examines whether Article 32 of the Global Minimum Tax Directive provides sufficient democratic legitimacy for decisions taken within the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework. Focusing on institutional participation, transparency, citizen involvement and judicial review, it assesses the Directive’s dynamic link to international agreements. The analysis suggests that the Inclusive Framework’s decision-making process falls short of European democratic standards and that Article 32 can accommodate only limited subsequent changes.
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Factual Silence as Rule of Law Evasion: Adverse Inference and the Evidentiary Collapse of EU Accountability
This Saar Brief by Moon Hwan Lee is part of the joint Online Symposium by Jean Monnet Saar and JuWissBlog on “Protecting the Rule of Law in the European Union”. It explores how some EU Member States use factual silence to evade legal accountability while maintaining an appearance of compliance. The author proposes the use of adverse inference – treating unjustified silence as evidence of a breach – as a doctrinal tool to strengthen the EU’s rule of law enforcement.
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