On Monday 16 September, European affairs ministers will for the first time hear the Hungarian government on the problems of respect for the rule of law identified by the European Parliament in September 2018 in its report triggering the so-called 'Article 7' procedure.
It will have taken a year for this hearing to take place, largely at the initiative of the Finnish Presidency. This moment will probably be the most anticipated topic of the day for ministers meeting in the EU General Affairs...