The rule of law conditionality. Opportunities and challenges

ABSTRACT: This paper seeks to analyze the rule of law in the Polish case in recent years and above all to lead to a first analysis of the conclusions of the Advocate General of 2 December 2021 which rejected the appeals of Poland and Hungary against the conditionality regime for protection of the Union budget in the event of a breach of the rule of law.This paper seeks to analyze the rule of law in the Polish case in recent years and above all to lead to a first analysis of the conclusions of the Advocate General of 2 December 2021 which rejected the appeals of Poland and Hungary against the conditionality regime for protection of the Union budget in the event of a breach of the rule of law