The fourth hearing with Hungary on the state of the rule of law under the Article 7 procedure on Monday 23 May gave rise to a more “positive” and “constructive” exchange, in the words of the Czech Minister for European Affairs, Mikuláš Bek, who replaced his French counterpart Clément Beaune, who was held up in Paris for the first Council of Ministers of Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term.
However, there has been “no [concrete] progress” in the country, commented...