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Political pressure on judges remained severe in Hungary and Poland, the report said, and judges also faced smear campaigns (Photo: dierk schaefer)

Most EU countries fail to resolve rule-of-law issues, report finds

Most EU countries fail to tackle rule-of-law issues and EU governments themselves often weaken democracy, according to a report put toghether by NGOs monitoring the issue.

"Most EU countries made little effort to resolve documented rule-of-law issues, allowed existing shortcomings to go unaddressed, or even made things worse in all areas assessed," the Berlin-based Liberties, an umbrella organisation of European NGOs said in their

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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.

Political pressure on judges remained severe in Hungary and Poland, the report said, and judges also faced smear campaigns (Photo: dierk schaefer)

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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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