Rule of law and democracy in perspective

Abstract

The issue of the Rule of Law and Democracy is close to the heart of Jaap de Zwaan. He has also written extensively on the subject. After the Treaty of Maastricht of 1992 and, above all, since the Treaty of Lisbon of 2009 a remarkable process of the ‘politicization’ of the European Union has occurred. This process has had a major impact on the governance of the EU institutions.