The EU’s Polish Dilemma

The problem of Warsaw’s illiberalism is not just legal but deeply political.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Poland’s parliamentary crisis could reach a tipping point by mid-January http://www.europeansources.info/record/polands-parliamentary-crisis-could-reach-a-tipping-point-by-mid-january/

ESO: Background information: Rule of Law: Commission discusses latest developments and issues complementary Recommendation to Poland, December 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/rule-of-law-commission-discusses-latest-developments-and-issues-complementary-recommendation-to-poland/

ESO: Background information: 2017 seen as turning point for liberal democracies http://www.europeansources.info/record/2017-seen-as-turning-point-for-liberal-democracies/

Blog: Verfassungsblog, 06.01.17: Poland and the European Commission, Part II: Hearing the Siren Song of the Rule of Law (by Laurent Pech, Kim Lane Scheppele) http://verfassungsblog.de/poland-and-the-european-commission-part-ii-hearing-the-siren-song-of-the-rule-of-law/

Blog: Verfassungsblog, 12.01.17: Constitutional Review as an Indispensable Element of the Rule of Law? Poland as the Divided State between Political and Legal Constitutionalism http://verfassungsblog.de/constitutional-review-as-an-indispensable-element-of-the-rule-of-law-poland-as-the-divided-state-between-political-and-legal-constitutionalism/

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