COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF TH

Abstract

The European Union is a Union of values: fundamental rights, democracy, rule of law. This is the bedrock of our society and our common identity1 . Challenges to the rule of law in a Member State affect the legal order and the functioning of the EU as a whole. The rule of law benefits everyone in the EU and it is clear that citizens in every Member State strongly support the rule of law principles,