Taking stock of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union of the first half of 2021, the Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ana Paula Zacarias, stressed the need, on Wednesday 30 June, for Member States to take “proportionate” measures in terms of public health restrictions, in particular the halt the spread of the Delta variant of Sars-Cov-2.
Concerning the rule of law, she observed that there are not enough Member States prepared to push...