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Hungarian justice minister Judit Varga and Swedish EU minister Hans Dahlgren at the council. Hungarian spokesman Zoltan Kovacs broke protocol by tweeting during the meeting (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Hungary quizzed over EU rules amid twitter row

Hungary was quizzed on Tuesday (10 December) by EU member states over the independence of the judiciary, media and academic freedom under the EU's sanctions procedure.

It was the second such hearing under the Article 7 procedure triggered over a year ago by the European Parliament after increasing concerns that prime minister Viktor Orban's government is dismantling independent institutions and breaking EU rules.

On Tuesday, Belgium, France, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg, the Neth...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Hungarian justice minister Judit Varga and Swedish EU minister Hans Dahlgren at the council. Hungarian spokesman Zoltan Kovacs broke protocol by tweeting during the meeting (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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