From the Center for European Reform, this is the CEO podcast.

Poson us seriously the question of the

future that we want, and we all

all together, the courage to it

for us in Germany is the

beckrentness to the European Europe

of our state's resolve. A strong

united Europe is a necessity for the world because

an integrated Europe remains vital to our

international order. This is the moment for Europe world because integrated Europe remains vital to our international order.

This is the moment for Europe to lead the way towards a new vitality.

Hello and welcome to already the last CER podcast of 2021.

My name is Megan Ferando. I'm this year's Clara Marina O'Donnell Fellow.

For this special end of year episode, no less than eight of our CER experts are going to review

the year with us and a look ahead to 2022. We're going to look at the European Union's past year

from the perspectives of climate action, transatlantic relationship and other areas that our

researchers specialize in. Let's start with Camino

Martira Martinez, who brings us up to speed on the rule of law. Camino, 2021 has been a bumpy year

for the rule of law in Europe. Why is that? So the role over compliance with European Union values,

particularly the rule of law, has been

brewing between Hungary and Poland on the one side and the Brussels institutions on the other

since 2014.

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