On Wednesday 7 July, the European Commissioner for Values, Věra Jourová, denied allegations in the German press that the European Commission had suspended its assessment of the Hungarian recovery plan in order to put pressure on Viktor Orbán’s government until the Hungarian law stigmatising LGBTI people is withdrawn.
“I can not confirm at this moment that this has happened. The German press was not right”, said Mrs Jourová in Strasbourg during a debate in the European...