{"id":438755,"date":"2025-10-28T18:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/10\/28\/lo-stato-di-diritto-peggiora-in-tutto-il-mondo-in-europa-lultima-e-lungheria-ma-anche-litalia-non-va-bene\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:35:38","slug":"the-rule-of-law-is-deteriorating-all-over-the-world-hungary-the-last-one-in-the-eu-but-italy-is-not-doing-well-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/10\/28\/the-rule-of-law-is-deteriorating-all-over-the-world-hungary-the-last-one-in-the-eu-but-italy-is-not-doing-well-either\/","title":{"rendered":"The rule of law is deteriorating all over the world. Hungary the last one in the EU \u2014but Italy is not doing well either"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – The State of Law<\/strong> does not fare well globally<\/strong>. The latest World Justice Project <\/em>(WJP) report<\/a>, published today (28 October),<\/span> confirms the eighth consecutive year of decline<\/strong> worldwide, including in civilised Europe. From 2024 to 2025, worsening has been<\/strong> observed<\/strong><\/span> in as many as 18 of the 27 EU Member States<\/strong>, including Italy<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

In a statement accompanying the survey, the researchers point out that “the global decline in the rule of law has accelerated further<\/strong>“, to the extent that 68 per cent of the countries surveyed experienced a year-on-year decline (whereas, they point out, the deterioration between 2023 and 2024 had affected 57 per cent of the total). <\/p>\n

Among the main dynamics identified are the “expansion of authoritarian tendencies<\/strong>,” the “decline in the independence of the judiciary<\/strong>,” and the “restriction of civic space<\/strong>” (a phenomenon that affects crucial freedoms such as those of expression and assembly but also levels of public participation), in a combination that entails a “higher risk for democracy<\/strong>” worldwide. <\/p>\n

The WJP Rule of Law Index is measured by taking into account 44 indicators across 8 categories<\/strong>, with each indicator’s relative score weighted against the total number of jurisdictions analysed (143 countries and territories<\/strong>), divided into geographical regions and income classes. The numerical value of the index<\/strong>\u2014both the overall one and the one referring to individual categories\u2014ranges from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 1. <\/p>\n

The categories analysed include: limits to executive power<\/strong>, the fight against corruption<\/strong>, the so-called open government<\/strong> (a composite label referring to, among other things, the transparency of decision-making processes and accountability), the protection of fundamental rights<\/strong>, the level of order and security<\/strong>, the level of regulatory implementation<\/strong>, and the effectiveness of civil and penal justice<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

In this year’s edition, the first place in the world is occupied (as in previous time-series surveys over the past decade) by Denmark<\/strong>, which, with an overall score of 0.90, shows<\/span> a slight decline. It is followed on the podium by Norway<\/strong> and Finland<\/strong> (0.89 and 0.87 respectively), while at the end of the ranking are Venezuela<\/strong> (0.26), Afghanistan<\/strong> and Cambodia<\/strong> (tied at 0.31), and Haiti<\/strong> (0.32). The most conspicuous deterioration occurred in Russia<\/strong>, which lost 0.028 points in the last 12 months, slipping to 0.41 (119th place). <\/p>\n

Among the Twenty-Seven, Sweden<\/strong> (0.85), Germany<\/strong> and Luxembourg<\/strong> (both at 0.83) are ranked behind the two countries already mentioned, while the last positions are occupied by Bulgaria<\/strong> (0.55), Greece<\/strong> (0.60), Croatia<\/strong> and Romania<\/strong> (both at 0.61). The black jersey, in terms of ranking, goes to Hungary<\/strong>, stuck at <\/span>0.50 and steadily worsening since 2015, while the worst decline (0.023 points less than last year) was recorded in Slovakia<\/strong>, down to 0.64.<\/p>\n

 And Italy<\/strong>? The Bel Paese is in 34th place<\/strong> in the global ranking (and 21st at the EU level) with 0.66 points<\/strong>: the same value as in 2024\u2014albeit showing a slight decline\u2014but two positions back <\/strong>compared to last year, when we were 32nd out of 142. According to the WJP, the categories with the worst scores are efficiency of civil justice<\/strong> (0.56) and regulatory implementation<\/strong> (0.61), while those where Rome fares better are public order and safety <\/strong>(0.75) and the protection of fundamental rights<\/strong> (0.70). <\/p>\n

The index, writes the organisation, shows that even in Italy “the judiciary is
\nlosing ground to executive overreach<\/p>\n

\u200b<\/strong>, with rising political interference in judicial systems<\/strong>“. Also weighing on the efficiency of civil justice, the WJP note continues, are “longer delays<\/strong> and less effective alternatives<\/strong> to the courts (such as mediation).”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2025 report of the World Justice Project describes a global decline that has been ongoing for several years. Including in the Twenty-Seven: in 18 Member States, democracy has deteriorated since 2024 (including Italy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7876,"featured_media":380319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[29788,25681],"tags":[25833,26180,28646,29042,32474,32475,26302,32476],"class_list":["post-438755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diritti-en","category-politics","tag-democracy-en","tag-rights-fundamental-en","tag-indipendenza-magistrati","tag-liberta-civili","tag-state-of-right-en","tag-wjp"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438756,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438755\/revisions\/438756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}