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    Lady Justice Statue - iStock.com/MarkusBeck
    Event |

    Countering judicial capture in Hungary with systemic EU actions

    Join us online for the launch or our study on steps taken by the Hungarian government to dismantle judicial independence, and how all of these are in violation of European standards and principles. The event will discuss how the EU can and should do much more to tackle these issues in a systemic manner.
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    Lady Justice Statue - iStock.com/MarkusBeck
    Study |

    Systemic problems, systemic infringements : the case of Hungary

    In this paper we analyse the independence of the Hungarian judiciary, and argue that Hungary is not a rule of law state, the judiciary does not operate according to the principles of constitutional democracy. We also show how judicial capture affects all segments of the public sphere, illustrated by the examples of academic freedom, med…
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    Hungarian parliament building
    Press release |

    Commission must not rubber stamp away the rule of law in Hungary

    MEPs will debate proposals by the Commission to protect the EU budget from systemic corruption in Hungary in public procurement, under the rule of law conditionality mechanism. The Commission appears to be moving toward deeming anti-corruption proposals by the Hungarian government satisfactory enough to suggest for the Council to end the …
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    Photo European Parliament
    Picture of the hemicycle in Strasbourg
    News |

    Plenary Flash - 3-6 October 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: energy prices and cost of living, rule of law conditionality regulation in the case of Hungary, common charger for electronic devices, repression of women's rights protesters in Iran, Ocean Governance and the protection of biodiversity
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    © European Union 2022 - Source : EP
    © European Union 2022 - Source : EP
    Press release |

    MEPs recognise Hungary no longer fully democratic

    Members of the European Parliament have voted to support the findings of Greens/EFA MEP, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield’s report into the “Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded”. The report states that Hungary has moved from being a democracy to a ‘hybrid regime of electoral autoc…
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    Photo European Parliament
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    News |

    Plenary Flash - 12-15 September 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: the debate on the State of the Union, the deforestation regulation, adequate minimum wages in the EU, energy efficiency and renewable energy directives, Hungary's breach of EU law, action at EU level to ensure human treatment of migrants in Europe,...
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    Lady Justice Statue - iStock.com/MarkusBeck
    Event |

    Assessing the resilience of the French legal order to an authoritarian shock

    Greens/EFA MEPs Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield and Philippe Lamberts have asked eight researchers to assess how resistant the French legal and constitutional orders would be to an authoritarian shock.
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA MEPs met with Serbian PM over announcement cancelling Belgrade EuroPride

    Following the announcement of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić that the Serbian government wants to ban this year’s international EuroPride event in Belgrade, allegedly because of various internal and external “pressures” on the country, MEPs Terry Reintke and Viola von Cramon met with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić to discuss the s…
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    Jourova & Reynders present the Rule of Law report in Luxembourg
    Press release |

    Commission rule of law report: Sharper analysis but lacks bite

    The Commission has released its third annual Rule of Law Report. The report focuses on justice systems, anti-corruption frameworks, media freedom and pluralism, and institutional checks and balances. For the first time, the report contains country specific recommendations on the rule of law and suggests concrete actions to be taken
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    Solidarity
    Study |

    Resilience and Resistance - a case study

    Acting in solidarity with migrants and refugees in the EU has been difficult for years. Our study found that between January 2021 and March 2022, no less than 89 people have been criminalised for helping migrants and refugees. The EU must take immediate action to fight against the crackdown on solidarity and prevent the criminalisation of…