Expansive opportunist. European Commission policy on rule of law

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present the academic concept of a purposeful opportunist onthe example of the European Commissions policy around the dispute over the rule of law inthe EU. In particular, the purpose of the study is to show the expansion of the Commissionscompetences, the political and ideological conditions facilitating this expansion, as well asthe growing politicisation of the Commission accompanying this process, its arbitrariness anddiscretionary actions.