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The report, jointly drafted by Liberties and its national member and partner organisations, is a ‘shadow report’ to the European Commission’s annual rule of law audit, aimed at providing the Commission with reliable information and analysis from the ground to use in its annual audit, besides offering an independent analysis of the state of the rule of law in its own right.  \nThe report lays out the most striking developments concerning the rule of law and democracy in 2021 in 17 countries across the EU. More than 30 civil society organisations from across the EU contributed to the research, which looked into a wide range of areas includingthe functioning of justice systems, the anticorruption framework, media freedom, pluralism and safety of journalists, checks and balances, civic space and human rights defenders and systemic human rights violations affecting the rule of law environment.  \nBesides pulling together all the individual country reports drafted by member and partner organisations, the report includes an overview  \nof general trends on the rule of law in the EU compiled by Liberties. It also formulates detailed recommendations addressed to both national government and the EU institutions on how to address the shortcomings identified in each of the areas covered, and suggests a series of improvements the European Commission could make to enhance the usefulness and impact of its annual rule of law monitoring exercise.  \nAuthoritarianism grows, while elsewhere problems stagnate  \nWe find few signs of progress. Most governments allowed existing problems to stagnate, while some already problematic regimes continued to build or entrench an authoritarian state.  \nSteps towards the creation of an authoritarian state worsened in Hungary and Poland. These governments refused to relent in their attempts to capture and control the justice system, civil society and media, and to scapegoat and curtail the rights of women and minority groups including LGBTQI+ people and migrants. Rather, their attacks became even more blatant and were accompanied by an escalation of the rule of law row with the EU. At the sametime, Slovenia continued down the same path to authoritarianism we reported last year, with the government increasing pressure on the  \nLIBERTIES  \nR","cbCaitU46PYqno6o","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitU46PYqno6o","pdf",23070351,436,"English","# Executive summary\n## A unique reporting exercise\n## Authoritarianism grows, while elsewhere problems stagnate\n## Key findings\n# Country reports","[{\"question\":\"What is the Liberties Rule of Law Report 2022?\",\"answer\":\"It is Liberties’ third annual report assessing the state of rule of law in the EU. 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