On Tuesday 19 November, the European affairs ministers of the EU27 discussed the state of the Rule of law in Hungary through a progress report, requested in particular by Germany, on the so-called ‘Article 7’ procedure of the Treaty.
They also discussed the situation in five countries in the context of the Commission’s annual report on the Rule of law in the EU27, which examines the judicial independence, the anti-corruption framework, media freedom and the balance of checks and...