The Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council intends to continue the work of its predecessors on the Rule of law, including the procedures known as Article 7 involving Poland and Hungary, and will organise a high-level conference on this subject in Coimbra in May.
However, it is not expected to organise new hearings of the two countries before the General Affairs Council on 11 May, according to a provisional work programme, and both hearings have yet to be confirmed. The Presidency could in...