The European Commission published two communications on 11 March 2014. The first communication sets out the vision of the Commission for the future EU Justice policy which aims at further progressing towards a fully functioning common European area of justice based on trust, mobility and growth by 2020.
The Commission also adopted a new framework which establishes an early warning tool allowing the Commission to enter into a dialogue with a Member State to prevent the escalation of systemic threats to the rule of law in any of the EU Member States. According to the communication the Commission may decide to seek advice and assistance from members of the judicial networks in the EU, such as the networks of the Presidents of Supreme Courts of the EU, the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the EU or the Judicial Councils. The Commission will examine, together with these networks, how such assistance could be provided swiftly where appropriate, and whether particular arrangements are necessary to that end.
COM (2014) 158: a new EU framework to strengthen the Rule of Law
annexes to the communication
