@article{Blažo_2022, place={Bratislava, Slovakia}, title={Protection of Rule of Law While Protecting Rule of Law: Who Guards the Guardian?}, volume={2}, url={https://syeul.flaw.uniba.sk/index.php/SYEUL/article/view/333}, DOI={10.54869/syeul.2022.2.333}, abstractNote={<p>The paper focuses on judicial review of political or quasi-political/quasi-legal decisions or other acts of the institutions of the EU involved in following procedures designed to protect the value of rule of law: a) mechanism for protection of values under Art. 7 of the Treaty on European Union and b) measures adopted within the conditionality for the protection of the EU budget (Regulation 2020/2029). At a first sight, the difference between the judicial review of measures aimed to protect rule of law in the Member States under Art. 7 TEU and under Regulation 2020/2029 can appear straightforward: a limited procedural review of measures adopted under Art 7 TEU due to specific powers stipulated in Art. 269 TFEU and full judicial review of measures adopted under Regulation 2020/2029. However, notwithstanding different structures, and uncertainties stemming from the wording of the Treaties, the Treaties provide a comprehensive framework of judicial control of analyzed types of measures aimed to avoid backsliding rule of law in the Member States</p>}, journal={Slovak Yearbook of European Union Law}, author={Blažo, Ondrej}, year={2022}, month={Dec.}, pages={51–60} }