MEPs on Wednesday (6 April) called on the EU Commission and the governments to do more to sanction Hungary for democratic backsliding amid concerns over prime minister Viktor Orbán's pro-Russian stance.
European lawmakers discussed Hungary and Poland — both under an EU sanctions probe, the so-called Article 7 procedure.
The MEPs called on member states to move forward with the procedure, which could result in suspending voting rights of the two member countries. The procedure ha...
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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.