On Tuesday 25 June in Luxembourg, the European Affairs ministers of the EU27 held another hearing with Hungary under the ‘Article 7’ procedure of the Treaty on the violation of the principles of the rule of law. This was the 7th such exercise since the procedure was initiated in 2018.
While the discussion was serene and “fairly constructive”, according to Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Hadja Lahbib, the rising Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council unsurprisingly reiterated its...