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Germany's EU affairs state minister Michael Roth (l) with Hungary's justice minister Judit Varga (c) at a previous general affairs council meeting (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Poland and Hungary sanctions procedure back after pandemic

EU affairs ministers will quiz their Hungarian and Polish counterparts on Tuesday (22 June) under the Article 7 sanctions procedure for the first time since the pandemic started.

The Article 7 sanctions procedure - aimed to establish whether there is a "clear risk of a serous breach" to EU values by a member state - was launched against Warsaw in 2017 by the EU Commission, and triggered by the European Parliament in 2018 against Budapest.

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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.

Germany's EU affairs state minister Michael Roth (l) with Hungary's justice minister Judit Varga (c) at a previous general affairs council 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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