This Saar Brief explores how Germany and the EU use “rule-of-law clauses” in international agreements as foreign policy tools, linking them to EU treaties and Germany’s Basic Law. Drawing on case studies such as EU–Ukraine, EU–Moldova, EU–Israel, and CETA, it shows a preference for political over legal enforcement. The author calls for faster enforcement.
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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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Wir laden herzlich dazu ein, Beiträge für unser gemeinsames Online-Symposium mit dem JuWissBlog „Schutz der Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der Europäischen Union – Mechanismen und nationale Verantwortung“ einzureichen.
*** We warmly invite submissions for our joint online symposium with the JuWissBlog „Protecting the Rule of Law in the European Union – Mechanisms and National Responsibility.“
