The ambition of this article is twofold. First, it argues that, in order to enhance respect for the rule of law by its Member States, the EU has launched a new strategy albeit essentially based on mechanisms which were not specifically designed to protect the rule of law. Second, the article aims to clarify the notion of rule of law resulting from this strategy and to subsequently analyse its consequences. In doing so, this article will thereby demonstrate that the instruments used by the new strategy promote a notion of the EU rule of law which implies a constant arbitrage between the rule of law and the economic objectives pursued by the EU. The risk may be, however, that it would subjugate fundamental values (as defined in Article 2 TEU) to the logic of European economic integration, thus inverting the hierarchy between protection for the rule of law and economic values.

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交易法治是为了恢复？后疫情时代的欧盟新战略

这篇文章的雄心是双重的。首先，它认为，为了加强其成员国对法治的尊重，欧盟推出了一项新战略，尽管其主要基于并非专门为保护法治而设计的机制。其次，本文旨在阐明这一战略所产生的法治概念，并随后分析其后果。在这样做的过程中，本文将因此证明新战略使用的工具促进了欧盟法治的概念，这意味着法治与欧盟追求的经济目标之间的持续套利。然而，风险可能在于它会使基本价值（如第 2 条 TEU 中所定义）屈服于欧洲经济一体化的逻辑，