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In the EU, political crises often serve as catalysts for policymaking and ‘failing forward’. Yet a breakdown of rule law has swept some member states, EU institutions have repeatedly failed to react. We argue that this outcome is partly tied how elites strategically mobilize rhetoric legitimate stasis during crises. Building on theories rhetorical action discursive institutionalism, we rectify ...