The Court of Justice of the European Union rejected the Hungarian authorities’ appeal against the European Parliament’s resolution calling on the Council of the EU to find a clear risk of violation of fundamental European values in Hungary, in a judgment handed down on Thursday 3 June (Case C-650/18).
In September 2018, MEPs adopted the contested resolution (448 votes in favour, 197 against, 48 abstentions), triggering a procedure for respecting the Rule of law in Hungary under...