Final Remarks on Dissensus Affecting the EU Rule of Law Procedures. Future Research Paths

The contributions in this volume critically assess the adoption and use of a wide array of supranational tools and procedures to address the rule of law backsliding in EU Member States. They differ as for the rationale, scope, timeframe of implementation and level of cogency. As such the study aims to offer a comprehensive analysis of the mutual relations, overlaps, and synergies between the various EU rule of law instruments, evaluating their effectiveness and justifications. The proliferation of the tools has taken place to a large extent in an uncoordinated manner given the urgency to respond to the weakness of some of the instruments or to their delayed implementation, which in turn has triggered an increased dissensus. The status quo demonstrates the need to rationalize and streamline the governance of the rule of law in the EU to avoid duplications and confusion.