European Union - The López Aguilar report on Poland was adopted by the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on July 16, 2020. The Sargentini report on Hungary was adopted by LIBE on June 25, 2018, and…
Interview with François-Xavier Bellamy, French MEP belonging to “Les Républicains” (LR) and member of the EPP: “This situation highlights the fact that other parties are exploiting the rule of law in order to generate political dissent.”
On Thursday January 16th, a resolution…
By Olivier Bault.
This article was originally publishedon Kurier.plusby the Felczak Institute of Polish–Hungarian Cooperation
European Union - While Poland and Hungary can hardly count on the new European Parliament constituted after the May 23–26 elections to take a less offensive…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland - The mechanism of the preliminary ruling that allows any court to turn to the Court of Justice of the European Union, is instrumentalized by Polish judges struggling with the reforms of the judicial institution voted by the…
Vote on the Sargentini report: Hungarian government denounces electoral fraud - populists behind Orbán - Jobbik abstains - Kurz looses Orbán
European Union - The Sargentini report, which states that Hungary is violating the values of the European Union, calls for the…
Strasbourg, France - Hungarian Conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg to take part in the debates on the Sargentini report - named after its main editor Judith Sargentini, MEP for the…
By Sébastien Meuwissen.
Pologne - Forty years ago, Poland lit the spark that would put an end to Communist totalitarianism in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, the European Commission has launched the first phase of Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against…
Article originally published on Hungary Today.
Hungary - The European Commission’s decision to launch Article 7.1 procedure against Poland over its judicial reforms is “unprecedented and astounding”, Zsolt Semjén, Hungary’s deputy prime minister said, adding that Hungary may veto it.
The decision seriously…
European Union - On Wednesday, November 15, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which is the first stage of a sanction procedure against Poland. But there are many voices against this vote, which diverts the powers of the EU institutions for political…
European Union - On Wednesday 15 morning, there will be a debate about Poland at the European Parliament. Marek Jurek, a Polish MEP and former speaker of the Sejm, has sent the letter below, before the debate, to Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland - After Frans Timmermans, the first Vice-President of the Commission, on July 19, threatened Poland with a recourse to Article 7 of the EU Treaty on bills reforming justice which have been under discussion in the Parliament of…
European Union - It has not gone unnoticed that the European Union is considering using the so-called "Article 7" of the Treaty of Lisbon towards Hungary, suspending its right to vote. At the same time, Poland and Austria have also received serious…