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Polish Political Science Review
Polski Przegląd Polityczny

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Mechanisms of Europeanisation and Compliance in Judicial Politics: Understanding the Past and Anticipating the Future

Abstract

Recent developments in Hungarian constitutional and judicial politics have given impetus to question not only the outcomes of democratisation and Europeanisation, but also the efficacy of the European Union’s compliance mechanisms. In 2010, Hungary, one of the forerunners in building democracy made the headlines with Fidesz’s attempts at adopting a new Constitution and implementing cardinal laws along with controversial institutional, cultural, religious, moral and socio-economic policies. This article attempts to depict the transformative power of the European Union within a sensitive policy area which touches upon States’ pouvoris régaliens: the independence of the judiciary.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ppsr-2015-0005

Full text: https://content.sciendo.com/downloadpdf/journals/ppsr/1/1/article-p57.xml

Keywords: Hungary, judicial reform, judicial politics, Europeanisation, conditionality, independence of the judiciary