Brazil: EU High Representative on the attack on democratic institutions
Brussels, 11 January 2023 On Sunday 8 January, supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia...
EU enlargement and stabilisation: EU Council conclusions
Brussels, 13 December 2022 The Council today approved conclusions on enlargement and stabilisation and association...
Hungary: EU Council decides to suspend €6.3bn regarding conditionality
Brussels, 13 December 2022 Today, the ambassadors of the EU member states recommended to the...
S&Ds: High time to overcome Orbán’s veto and ensure tax justice
Published: 05/12/2022 Tomorrow, EU finance ministers will again try to agree on transposing the global...
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2022 Trilateral Commission: European meeting in Athens
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Main results: General Affairs Council, 18 October 2022
Brussels, 4 November 2022 October European Council The Council exchanged views on the draft conclusions...
Equatorial Guinea: EU Spokesperson on the upcoming electoral campaign
Brussels, 2 November 2022 Upon the official start of the electoral campaign for the presidential,...
Press remarks by Central Asian heads of state and the EU Council President
Brussels, 27 October 2022 On 27 October 2022, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart...
Nicaragua: EU sanctions regime prolonged for a further year
Brussels, 13 October 2022 The Council has today prolonged the framework for imposing targeted restrictive...
EU-Rechnungsprüfer finden mehr Fehler bei EU-Ausgaben
Luxemburg, 13. Oktober 2022 Dem Europäischen Rechnungshof zufolge haben die Fehler bei den Ausgaben aus dem EU-Haushalt...
Hungarian Justice Minister hails “constructive talks” with EC
SEP 16, 2022 The justice minister said it is crucial that Hungary’s partners get a...
MEPs: Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy
Strasbourg, 15 September 2022 The situation has deteriorated such that Hungary has become an “electoral...
SPD-Abgeordnete Barley: “Den Antidemokraten Orbán zur Verantwortung ziehen”
18. September 2022 VON KATARINA BARLEY Haushaltskommissar Johannes Hahn hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass die...
Ungarn: CSU-Haushaltskontrolleurin Hohlmeier zum Vorschlag der EU-Kommission
Brüssel, 18 September 2022 Zum Vorschlag der Kommission, EU-Haushaltsmittel gegenüber Ungarn zurückzuhalten, erklärt Monika Hohlmeier (CSU), Vorsitzende...
Hungary: EU Commission asks EU Council to suspend parts of Hungarian EU budget
Brussels, 18 September 2022 EU Commission proposes measures to the Council under the conditionality regulation:...
Finland: Minister Tuppurainen and Hungary’s Minister for Regional Development and EU Funds, will meet in Helsinki
Helsinki, 25 August 2022 Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen and Hungary’s...
Convention on AI and Human Rights: EU Commission recommends negotiating mandate to Council
Brussels, 18 August 2022 Recommendation for a EU COUNCIL DECISION authorising the opening of negotiations...
Lebanon: EU extends framework for targeted sanctions
Brussels, 26 July 2022 The Council today adopted a decision extending for one year, until...
EU report: Ukraine has taken important steps in the implementation of reforms
Brussels, 26 July 2022 Ahead of the EU-Ukraine Association Council planned to take place on 5 September,...
North Macedonia’s path to compliance with EU investment protection – EU Commission answer
Brussels, 25 July 2022 See question(s) : E-002045/2022 EN E-002045/2022 Answer given by Mr Várhelyi...
EU Commission adopts report on monitoring the application of EU law
Brussels, 15 July 2022 Today, the European Commission adopted its Annual Report on Monitoring the...
Rule of Law: EU Commission issues recommendations to Member States
Luxembourg, 13 July 2022 The Commission has today published thethird annual Rule of Law Report....
MEPs: Do not approve Polish recovery plan until conditions are met
Strasbourg, 9 June 2022 Parliament criticises Commission for endorsing the Polish government’s €35.4 billion Recovery...
EU President von der Leyen on the potential approval of Poland’s recovery plan
Strasbourg, 7 June 2022 Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary...
Rule of law: MEPs demand impovements of the EU Commission’s annual report
Brussels, 20 April 2022 The Civil Liberties Committee assesses the Commission’s 2021 rule of law...
Plenary question time with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Commission to launch rule of law conditionality mechanism against Hungary War by Russia has pushed...
Renew Europe: Rule of Law conditionality mechanism against Hungary long overdue
April 5, 2022 Renew Europe welcomes the belated steps today taken by the European Commission...
EU Judgment in Case C-508/19 – Disciplinary Chamber of Poland’s Supreme Court
Please find attached press release in respect of Case C-508/19 Prokurator Generalny (Disciplinary Chamber of...
Rule of Law conditionality: MEPs call on EU Commission to act immediately
Strasbourg, 16 February 2022 Following the Court of Justice ruling on the “rule of law...
EU Commission reaction to the General Conditionality Regulation judgements
Brussels, 16 February 2022 Statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the...
EU Judgments in Cases C-156/21 Hungary and C-157/21 Poland
Luxembourg, 16 February 2022 Court of Justice of the European Union: Judgments in Cases C-156/21 Hungary...
EP press conference: EU Court ruling on Rule of Law Conditionality challenge by Hungary and Poland
Strasbourg, 15 February 2022 The EP negotiating team will hold a press conference on the...
EU Commission threatens to freeze payment of Polish NextGenEU recovery funds – EU Commission answer
See question(s) : E-004917/2021 EN E-004917/2021 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis on behalf of the...
ECA criticise little impact of EU support for the rule of law in Western Balkans
Luxembourg/Brussels, 10 January 2022 EU action has had little impact in advancing fundamental rule of...
Violations of EU law by Constitutional Tribunal: EU Commission launches infringement procedure against Poland
(Dodana Wersja Polska) Brussels, 22 December 2021 Today, the European Commission has decided to launch...
EU values in Poland: MEPs concerned about continuous deterioration
Strasbourg, 15 December 2021 (Polish version below) On Wednesday, Parliament took stock of developments in...
Main results of the General Affairs Council, 14 December 2021
Brussels, 14 December 2021 Conclusions on enlargement and the stabilisation and association processes Ministers approved...
EU Accession Conference with Montenegro revises enlargement methology
The fourteenth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Ministerial level was held today...
Rule of law conditionality for EU funding: MEPs decry Commission’s delay
Brussels, 9 December 2021 In a joint committee debate on implementation of Rule of Law...
Rule of law in the EU: MEPs and MPs to discuss steps forward
This Thursday, parliamentarians from all EU member states will discuss the Commission’s 2021 rule of...
Rule of Law Report 2022: EU Commission opens consultation
The European Commission launched a targeted consultation to gather information about developments related to the rule of...
Slovenia: MEPs discuss threats to media freedom and democracy
On Wednesday, MEPs debated the state of EU values in Slovenia, focusing on whether the...
Rule of law, COVID-19, hybrid threats: MEPs discuss EU summit results
Political leaders demand more action against countries breaching the rule of law and express solidarity...
EP Leaders address a letter to EU Commission President on Polish recovery plan
Leaders of political groups address a letter to Commission President on the Polish recovery plan:...
CER: How to solve a problem like Poland
By Camino Mortera-Martinez, 03 November 2021 The Polish government’s defiance over the rule of law puts...
EP Resolution: Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is illegitimate, unfit to interpret constitution
Polish Constitutional Tribunal is “a tool for legalising the illegal activities of the authorities” No...
Rezolucja Parlamentu Europejskiego: Bezprawny Trybunał Konstytucyjny nie jest uprawniony do interpretacji Konstytucji
Polski Trybunał Konstytucyjny to “narzędzie legalizacji bezprawnych działań władzy” Żadnych pieniędzy z UE dla rządów,...
Failure to address Rule of Law crisis in Poland and Hungary: Renew Europe calls for legal action against EU Commission
OCTOBER 20, 2021 Speaking at his first press conference as President of the Renew Europe...
Greens/EFA: Time has run out – Commission & Council must act on rule of law in Poland
19.10.2021 Members of the European Parliament have been debating the situation regarding the rule of...
MEP Legutko (ECR/PiS, PL): “We are afraid of European lawlessness, of the tyranny of the majority, of abuse of power, of the cavalier use of the Treaties.”
Read the full statement made by ECR Group Co-Chairman Prof Ryszard Legutko following European Commission...