On Tuesday 21 October, the European Affairs Ministers of the EU27 held their ninth hearing of Hungary under the ‘Article 7’ procedure of the Treaty on European Union on respect for the rule of law.
At the end of the meeting, the Danish Minister for European Affairs, Marie Bjerre, explained that “Hungary continues to reject the concerns” and to judge this procedure as “politically motivated, which is not the case”.
The Minister referred to the very strong interventions of the...