The Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU would seem to be leaning towards holding the debate on the situation with regard to the rule of law in Poland in May, rather than on 7 March that appeared to be the preference of European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans (see EUROPE 11731).
The formal request from the Commission has not yet been submitted to the Maltese Presidency but everyone is preparing for having, to discuss sooner or later, violations of the rule of law by the...