The (In)Effectiveness of EU Law Enforcement
The Principle of supremacy and direct applicability of European Union law is, without doubt, one of the cornerstones of the EU legal system. Yet, in practice, the picture is far more complex. In this article we will analyze the growing disconnect between what the law prescribes, focusing on what happens when member states ignore European rules met by the lack of responsiveness from EU institutions through recent examples and structural weaknesses in the current enforcement framework