EU Commission-president elect Ursula von der Leyen named two commissioners on Tuesday (10 September) who will focus on rule of law issues within the EU.
Policing the internal EU rule of law - such as defending judicial independence and independent institutions holding governments accountable, and cracking down on violations of EU rules - has become a toxic political issue that often reinforced perceptions that there is a deepening divide between western and eastern Europe.
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.