In its second annual report on the Rule of law in the EU27, the European Commission confirmed, on Tuesday 20 July, its “strong concerns” about the situation of the judiciary in Poland and media freedom and corruption in Hungary.
But it also reported positive developments in other countries that have strengthened judicial appointment processes or consolidated independence.
For the Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, this report is a “central tool in our Rule of...