Foreword … in the tradition of liber amicorum

The rule-of-law backsliding in Hungary and Poland, troublesome implementation of European anti-discrimination measures, major resistance surrounding international instruments, such as the Istanbul Convention, perceived to be at odds with “traditional values”, and even questions of contested statehood, as in Kosovo: Central and Eastern as well as Southeast Europe remain in the focus of academic analysis and media coverage. This issue of the Review of Central and East European Law looks into a multitude of challenges accompanying the processes of Europeanization and the observance of European values as the foundation of political and legal cohesion in the EU and its neighborhood.