Politics of the Rule of Law in the EU Polity

Ramona Coman is Professor of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, where she is also President of the Institute for European Studies. She is the co-editor of books including Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union (2019), Political Science in Motion (2016), The State of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Perspective (2016), and Europeanization and European Integration: From Incremental to Structural Change (2014).

• 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.