{"id":2269,"date":"2025-04-29T11:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/lcel-en\/?post_type=news&p=2269"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:08:03","slug":"quo-vadis-europe-whats-at-stake-for-the-rule-of-law","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/lcel-en\/news\/quo-vadis-europe-whats-at-stake-for-the-rule-of-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Quo vadis, Europe? What\u2019s at stake for the rule of law?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \u201f<\/span>\n World peace cannot be safeguarded without the making of creative efforts proportionate to the dangers which threaten it.\u201d\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Robert Schuman, 9 May 1950<\/p><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

With these visionary words, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman opened his historic declaration on 9 May 1950. He proposed the bold idea that European nations should pool their sovereignty over coal and steel production to make war “not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.” His vision, outlined in the Schuman Declaration<\/strong>, planted the seeds of today\u2019s European Union<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe rule of law: Europe\u2019s cornerstone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

75 years on, Europe is reflecting not just on the peace and unity achieved, but on the principles that have sustained them, above all, the rule of law: the idea that law, not arbitrary power, governs public life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the European Union, the rule of law is the foundation of mutual trust: between Member States, between institutions, and between citizens.
It sustains judicial cooperation, market integration, and the free movement of persons across borders.
Without it, the very fabric of European cooperation would begin to fracture.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Today, however, the rule of law is faced with growing challenges:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n