On Wednesday 28 November, Member States' ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) approved the European Commission's request to hold a new hearing on the rule of law in Poland under the so-called Article 7 procedure of the Treaty (see EUROPE 12118).
“The majority of Member States want this hearing," said a source from the Austrian Presidency of the Council. The hearing will take place on Tuesday 11 December at a General Affairs Council similar to the two previous hearings. The Commission...