Bulgaria is an EU Member State facing long-standing rule of law concerns, including persistent deficiencies in judicial independence and an increasingly troubling pattern of fundamental rights violations. Compared to other EU Member States with similar entrenched structural problems, like Poland, Hungary or Romania, Bulgaria has not featured prominently in the Commission’s rule of law enforcement … →
By Camelia-Claudia Mureșan In: Constitutional and Human Rights Issues Region: Romania
On December 6, 2024, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) cancelled the first round of the Romanian presidential elections through its Judgment No. 32. The Court justified the cancellation with declassified reports from Romania’s intelligence services, alleging voter manipulation, the distortion of equal opportunities for electoral competitors, and campaign financing from undeclared sources. Various parties … →
By Srđan Hromiš In: Constitutional and Human Rights Issues Region: Serbia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has passed a judgment on 17th September 2024, which has subsequently become final on 17th December 2024 in the case Yaylalı v. Serbia (no. 15887/15) . The case concerns a Turkish national living in the Netherlands whose personal and lawfully acquired jewellery that belonged to his wife was … →
