CLOSA, Carlos2025-05-142025-05-142020Verfassungsblog, 2020, OnlineOnly2366-7044https://hdl.handle.net/1814/92686Published online: 26 December 2020Scholars have relentlessly argued for tougher EU action against illiberal governments whose actions erode constitutional checks and balances. The panoply of EU tools is large and it comprises mechanisms for compliance via dialogue and engagement (the Framework for the Rule of Law; the new Commission Rule of Law reporting cycle; the Council Dialogue on the Rule of Law), the several infringement procedures (e.g. here) and other ECJ cases with RoL implications, and procedures seeking enforcement, such as article 7 with its preventive and corrective stages (first stage has been activated against Hungary and Poland).application/pdfeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Article10.17176/20201226-172622-0Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International