The EU27 ministers for European affairs held, on 30 May, the sixth hearing of Poland and Hungary under the so-called ‘Article 7’ procedure on the Rule of law, which was launched in 2017 and 2018 respectively with regard to the two countries.
These two hearings took place at a time when the European Parliament does not want Hungary to assume the rotating Presidency of the EU Council in 2024 and when new concerns are being raised about Poland.
According to Jessika Roswall, the Swedish...