On Wednesday 12 April, the First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, announced after a discussion of the College on the situation in Hungary that decisions may be made at the end of the month against Budapest, for instance in the framework of the Commission's monthly package of infringements.
There are, however, no current plans to go any further, for instance by activating the rule of law mechanism.
Any infringement procedures against Hungary may specifically...