The greatest threat for any union comes from within. Closed ranks may easily be achieved against external threats or aggressors. But nothing is more perilous than a growing dissolution at the core of the community.
The European Union has tackled a series of crises in the past few years - concerning the financial markets, migration, the euro and currently the Covid-19 pandemic.
Yet one of the biggest challenges aims at the very heart of the Union: the undermining of the rule of l...
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Dirk Wedel is a German former judge, and state secretary in the Ministry of Justice for North Rhine-Westphalia and member of the Renew Europe group in the European Committee of the Regions.