Having been invited to debate the rule of law situation in Poland with the members of the committee on civil liberties of the European Parliament, following the controversial Constitutional Court reforms of late 2015, the First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, said on Thursday 22 March that triggering article 7 of the Treaty now would be "shooting ourselves in the foot" and would do "nothing to help resolve the situation".
Although the European official told the...