Originally published on the website of the European Center for Law and Justice on 24 January 2023.
In the coming days, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is due to elect the Polish judge who will sit on the European Court…
Austria – Almost a year after Austria’s parliament passed a law introducing a general requirement to get anti-Covid vaccinations, despite massive public opposition, the Austrian health minister, Johannes Rauch (Greens), announced on Saturday, 14 January, his intention to have all laws and…
Interview with Janez Janša, former Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS): "The political processes in Europe over the past decade and a half turned away from democracy."
Janez Janša has been one of…
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…
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Austria - The platform of investigative journalism Addendum launched on January 7 in the morning put a cat among the pigeons. The news that at first looks like what is commonly called a fake news is not one...…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland - Norwegian mother Silje Garmo and her two-year-old daughter Eira, who fled from their country’s social services (Barnevernet), have won the right to asylum in Poland. Specifically, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has approved her request for asylum,…
Hungary - On Sunday, February 18, Viktor Orbán held his annual state of the nation address at the castle of Budapest. 6 weeks ahead of the elections that, according to the polls, he will probably win again, for a third time in…
France, Strasbourg - Hungarian Minister of Justice László Trócsányi had to postpone a conference scheduled to take place at the IEP in Strasbourg, as the Union of Communist Students opposed his visit.
Former Ambassador of Hungary in France and current Minister of…
Hungary - The Hungarian government goes further in its opposition to non-European immigration, both illegal and legal. Viktor Orbán made again a strong speech against "national suicide" and meantime, the government announces its will to put an end to the residency bonds.…