On Wednesday 17 January in Strasbourg, MEPs criticised European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s December decision to unfreeze €10.2 billion to Hungary, denouncing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “blackmail”.
The MEPs, who will vote on a recommendation on Hungary on 18 January, also attacked the powerlessness of the Member States and their refusal to make progress on the ‘Article 7’ procedure on the rule of law, which, under Article 7.2, makes it...