Find out about the crisis of the rule of law in Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

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Rule of law crisis in CEE

Find out what threats to the rule of law are emerging in other countries in the Central and Eastern Europe. Read the analyses.

Romania

Romania Unchecked. How a lack of checks and balances and a disregard for the rule of law keep the country subject to the whims of politicians

Calendar of the most important dates for democracy building and the rule of law crisis in Romania

Slovakia

The Rule of Law and the Fight Against Corruption in Slovakia: A Review of the Decade from 2012 to 2023

Calendar of the most important dates for democracy building and the rule of law crisis in Slovakia

Poland

Calendar of the most important dates for the crisis of the rule of law

How the ruling party has subordinated the Constitutional Court and gained more power than it has through elections

How the ruling party wants to control the courts

How ruling party has been subordinating the media and controlling the way Poles are informed

Belarus

Calendar of the most important dates for the crisis of the rule of law

The Rule of Law(lessness) in Belarus: Problems and Dramatic Changes after the Presidential Election Campaign in 2020

Chances for political transformation and effective democratisation in Belarus

The authoritarian regime in Belarus: The evolution of political aggressiveness

Bulgaria

Politics after the storm

Calendar of the most important dates for democracy building and the rule of law crisis in Bulgaria

From formally independent judiciary to a „captured state”

Liberal Reactions to Populism: the case of Bulgaria

Еrosion of democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria: What happened?

Czech Republic

Evolution of the Rule of Law in the Czech Republic in 2021-2023

Calendar of the most important dates for democracy building and the rule of law crisis in Czech Republic

Possible scenarios of going out of the crisis in the Czech Republic

Historical background to challenges to the rule of law in the Czech Republic

The current situation of the rule of law and the role of illiberal populists in the Czech Republic

Hungary

A Hard-line Autocracy in the Making

Calendar of the most important dates for democracy building and the rule of law crisis in Hungary

From freedom of speech to censorship, and back

The pretence of democratic procedures in Hungary

Can trust in democracy return to Hungary?