On Tuesday 23 November, the EU’s European Affairs Ministers held a third debate on the specific situation of the Rule of law in the Member States, in this case in five Member States chosen in alphabetical order of protocol: Cyprus, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia and Croatia.
The Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, called the exercise “routine” now, but beneficial in that it allows the Member States concerned to give their views and their partners to exchange more widely on their...