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Western Balkans: Extractive Institutions, Formalism, and Rule of Law Failure

Disclaimer: These podcasts are generated by AI based on article texts. The voices are computer-generated, and the editors and this blog cannot warrant the accuracy, quality, or reliability of the content. Please treat them as experimental and verify any information with trusted sources. For more than twenty years, the nations of the Western Balkans—including Albania, …

When the Rule of Law is not Enough

Disclaimer: These podcasts are generated by AI based on article texts. The voices are computer-generated, and the editors and this blog cannot warrant the accuracy, quality, or reliability of the content. Please treat them as experimental and verify any information with trusted sources.   Are you ready to look past the written statutes and discover …

Beyond the Mandate: The ECJ’s Entry into Bulgaria’s Rule of Law Landscape

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 …