1. The Gradual Establishment of an EU Rule of Law Policy in Times of Dissensus -- 2. The Core Dimensions of the Rule of Law: From Consensus to Dissensus -- 3. From the Constitutionalisation of Values to the Question of Enforcement -- 4. The Commission's Rule of Law Soft Tools: Towards the Establishment of a Monitoring Regime? -- 5. The European Parliament: How Coalition Formation and Internal Group Dynamics Shape EU's Rule of Law Policy? -- 6. The Rule of Law Debate in the Council: Weak Consensus and Impossible Deliberation and Persuasion in Times of Dissensus and Contestation -- 7. The European Council's Role in Day-to-Day DecisionMaking: Increasing the EU's Authority Through a General Regime of Conditionality (Regulation 2020/2092)? -- 8. When Civil Society Engages with the EU's Rule of Law Policy-Making: Towards a More Substantive Understanding? -- 9. Ten Years on, What Then Is the Outcome? Consensus, Dissensus and Contestation over the Rule of Law.
Summary:
This book analyses how an increased contestation of the rule of law has given rise to heightened tensions between national and European institutions over the last few decades, and how this has led to the establishment of soft and hard policy tools to safeguard this value in the EU polity. It demonstrates how a clash between liberal and anti-liberal ideas and dissensus over how collective problems should be solved has led to European integration in core state powers. It also considers how this has taken place in a community of voices featuring assent and dissent, all of which give democracy its substance. The book helps readers to better understand the EU's fragilities and challenges. Ramona Coman is Professor of Political Science at the Universite libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, where she is also President of the Institut d'etudes europeennes.
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