On Tuesday 27 May, the EU ministers responsible for European Affairs will hold a new hearing with the Hungarian authorities on respect for the Rule of law in Hungary, the eighth since the European Parliament opened the so-called ‘Article 7’ procedure of the European Treaty in 2018.
Hungary’s last hearing took place in June 2024 under the previous Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (see EUROPE B13439A9). This new exercise comes at a time when two Hungarian...