Part I: Understanding the Development in EU Member States: Not on Bread Alone Doth Man Liveth (Deut. 8:3; Mat 4:4) - Some Iconoclastic Views on Populism, Democracy, the Rule of Law and the Polish Circumstance by Joseph HH Weiler.- Constitutional Crisis in Poland 2015-2016 in the Light of the Rule of Law Principle by Marcin Wiącek.- Hungary''s Latest Experiences with Article 2 TEU: The Need for ''Informed'' EU Sanctions by Beáta Bakó.- Part II: European Action: Towards a Tyranny of Values? Principles on Defending Checks and Balances in EU Member States by Armin von Bogdandy.- The Rule of Law as a Value in the Sense of Article 2 TEU: What Does it Mean and Imply? by Werner Schroeder.- Article 7: A Commentary on a Much Talked-About ''Dead'' Provision by Dimitry Kochenov.- The Responsibility of Courts in Maintaining the Rule of Law: Two tales of consequential judicial self- restraint by Pál Sonnevend.- Suspending Horizontal Solange: A Decentralized Instrument for Protecting Mutual Trust and the European Rule of Law by Iris Canor.- Ascertaining the ''Guarantee of Guarantees''. Recent Developments Regarding the Infringement Procedure in the EU''s Rule of Law Crisis by Matthias Schmidt and Piotr Bogdanowicz.- Defending Union Values in Judicial Proceedings. On How to Turn Article 2 TEU Into a Judicially Applicable Provision by Luke Dimitrios Spieker.- Suspension of EU Funds Paid to Member States Breaching the Rule of Law - Is the Commission''s Proposal Legal? by Justyna Łacny.- The Rule of Law Framework in the European Union: Its Rationale, Origins, Role and International Ramifications by Artur Nowak-Far.- The Rule of Law and the Roll of the Dice. The Uncertain Future of Investor-State Arbitration