The Copenhagen hope: on democracy in the EU

... normative power, one that sets and promotes the norm - that is, of course, the basic values: democracy, the rule of law, and human rights including the rights of minorities - if one or more of its members, and therefore the Union as such, does not abide ... ... we have what we have and this is what we operate with, the Brussels institutions seem to have concluded. The report by Rui Tavares on the situation of fundamental rights in Hungary, passed by Parliament two weeks ago, admits to the scope of the issue and deals with much more than its title suggests....