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The RESILIO Monitor

How resilient is the rule of law in the EU? The RESILIO Monitor analyses the performance of the rule of law in the EU27 and includes factors such as the media, civil society and the economic situation in addition to the legal and institutional framework.

Grand finale or just another episode: Agreeing on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum

Berlin Perspectives

A few months before the next European elections, the pressure on decision-makers to reach an agreement on the new migration and asylum package is high. The new Berlin Perspectives provides an assessment of how the new rules should be implemented.

Hungary and ‘biting intergovernmentalism’, made in Berlin

Berlin Perspectives

While the European Commission is the ‘Guardian of the Treaties’, there is also potential for stronger protection of the EU’s fundamental values by its member states. Germany should increase its cooperation with like-minded member states to defend democracy and the rule of law.

Policy Paper: Defending liberal democracy

rethink Hungary

Democracy and the rule of law have been eroding in Hungary since 2010. In view of Hungary's tendencies towards autocratization, the policy paper contains recommendations on how the German government should respond bilaterally, multilaterally, and at the EU level.

The European Union in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalries: Political Developments and Policy Responses

IEP Annual Conference

The IEP Annual Conference 2023 took place on 28 and 29 September at the Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the Federation in Berlin under the title "The European Union in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalries: Political Developments and Policy Responses".

Chronology of the Hungarian Autocratisation

rethink Hungary

The chronology traces the autocratisation of Hungary since 2010.

Background paper II: Challenges of dismantling the rule of law in Hungary

rethink Hungary

Hungary's dismantling of the rule of law is not only presenting the EU with ever new problems. The German government, too, is challenged to react more strongly to Hungary's autocratization under the impression of the “Zeitenwende”.

Policy Paper: How can the EU better protect the rule of law?

EU Rechstaatlichkeit

The conflict over the rule of law has not only revealed cracks in the European foundation. It also shows how determined the "rule breakers" were to avoid the consequences of their actions, even sabotaging the EU's decision-making processes.

#12 UkraineMEMO: "We're heading in the right direction!" – Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Corruption is considered an "internal enemy" in Ukraine because it weakens democratic institutions and the army. But Ukraine cannot afford weakness in the face of war. The fight against corruption is therefore particularly urgent for Ukrainian society.

Background paper I: The rule of law in Hungary and the role of German politics and business

rethink Hungary

The current conflict over the rule of law is increasingly straining relations between Hungary and the EU. The conflict is becoming increasingly problematic for German stakeholders, too. Hungary is blocking important EU decisions and increasing the pressure on German companies.

integration 01/23

A new rule of law index, an attempt to solve the energy crisis and measures to ease economic pressure – you can read about this and other topics in the issue 01/23 of “integration”.

#11 UkraineMEMO: The future of Crimea

The Ukrainian government repeatedly emphasises that Ukraine's victory includes regaining the Crimean Peninsula. Along with military questions, local civil society and the legal processing of human rights violations play a role in this.

The #RESILIOsnapshot series

With the help of experts and practitioners in their respective areas, the #RESILIOsnapshot series aims to define, operationalise, and analyse the resilience factors of the rule of law identified within the RESILIO model.

Taking Stock: One Year Global Gateway Strategy

What potential does the European Commission's Global Gateway Strategy offer and what are the challenges? Katja Kammerer, Jule Könneke, Dr Eefje Schmid and Dr Jörg Wojahn discussed in the IEP-EIB Lunch Debate.

RESILIO model in a nutshell

Against the backdrop of rule of law erosion in EU Member States, RESILIO aims to formulate strategies to make Europe’s rule of law more resilient. To this end, its model adopts an interdisciplinary approach and identifies institutional and structural conditions of resilience.

Protecting the rule of law: The case of Poland

Berlin Perspectives

The new budget conditionality mechanism opens pathways to effectively curbing democratic backsliding in the EU. Making use of its proclaimed "Zeitenwende", Germany should use its leverage and take a more pro-active approach – as in the case of Poland – to defend the rule of law.

integration 03/22

Between security and freedom, COVID-19 pandemic and climate crisis – the challenges for the internal security in the EU are diverse. In a special issue, the integration 03/22 deals with the basics, questions, and developments in this field.

The Future of Europe: Questions, Concepts and Actors

IEP Annual Conference

What are the implications of Russia’s war against Ukraine and what does the “Zeitenwende” mean for the EU’s CFSP and CSDP, economic and climate policy, and the future of the rule of law? At this year’s IEP Annual Conference in Berlin, experts engaged with these questions.

RESILIO Advisory Board

The members of the RESILIO Advisory Board introduce themselves.

War in Ukraine – Different Perspectives from Germany and the EU?

The war against Ukraine demands the solidarity of European states. However, different perspectives on the war are emerging in Germany and its neighbouring countries. Those were the topic of the discussion concluding the rEUnify project in Dresden.