The President of the European Commission gave a relatively timid speech on the rule of law in the EU on Wednesday 15 September, not wishing to go back over any of the current disputes, despite a “worrying situation” in some Member States.
For example, she did not mention her institution’s dispute with Poland over the independence of the judiciary nor the differences with Hungary after a recent law targeting LGBTIQ+ people led the Commission to delay its green light to the Hungarian...