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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12749

26 June 2021
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / Fundamental rights
After summit debate on controversial Hungarian bill, Hungary’s place in EU is in question
Brussels, 25/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

Does Hungary still have a place in the EU? EU leaders were questioned at length on the subject on Friday 25 June, the day after their heated discussion on Hungary’s bill stigmatising the LGBTI community (see EUROPE B12748A1).

Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa was particularly firm on the issue, repeating that only states sharing the values enshrined in Article 2 of the EU Treaty—respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy—should remain in the Union.

Portugal, he insisted,...

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