Il rispetto dei valori fondanti dell’Unione e l’attivazione della procedura di controllo alla luce delle recenti vicende di Polonia e Ungheria

The recent internal affairs of Poland and Hungary recalled the attention about the respect of the founding values of the Union, enshrined in Art. 2 TEU. The complexity of the sanctioning procedure, set out in Art. 7 TEU -in particular, the unanimity required by the Treaties for the suspension of the rights of the States liable for the violations - reopened the debate about the actual effectiveness of the coercion means available for the Union in order to ensure that the rules, once they have been breached, are (again) respected.