In a resolution adopted on Thursday 16 January by 446 votes to 178 with 41 abstentions, the European Parliament considered that the situation of the rule of law in Poland and Hungary had deteriorated in recent months.
The day after a long and heated debate on first Hungary and then Poland (see EUROPE B12404A3), MEPs deplored the lack of progress in what is known as the "Article 7" Treaty procedures on respect for the rule of law launched in December 2017 by the Commission against Poland and...