{"id":4903,"date":"2026-01-22T21:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/rule-of-law-in-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:39:54","slug":"defending-rule-of-law-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/defending-rule-of-law-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending rule of law in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4903\" class=\"elementor elementor-4903 elementor-4876\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e2a948 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e2a948\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"OPEN LETTER Ant\u00f3nio Costa, Kaja Kallas\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michael-von-der-schulenburg_EU-1.jpg 2193w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michael-von-der-schulenburg_EU-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michael-von-der-schulenburg_EU-1-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michael-von-der-schulenburg_EU-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michael-von-der-schulenburg_EU-1-1536x854.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michael-von-der-schulenburg_EU-1-2048x1138.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/michael-von-der-schulenburg_EU-1-1038x576.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 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