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ECJ told to dismiss Poland and Hungary rule-of-law challenge

... that the conditionality mechanism does not indent to replicate the Article 7 sanctions procedure based on the EU treaty, but "rather ... struggled for years to discipline the two countries. The Article 7 probe is already under way against both Poland and ...

Opinion

Have the Polish people finally had enough?

... imprisonment and deprivation of liberty which would fall under Article 7 of the Rome Statute - the founding document of ... the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. The article's title?: Crimes against humanity. Sitting justice minister Zbigniew ...

Analysis

EU strategy hopeful of Russia detente

... against any one of our member states in accordance with Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union," it said. But ...

MEPs: too many climate pledges not enough plans at COP26

... to submit ahead of COP26 would reduce emissions only by 7.5 percent by 2030. However, to keep global heating under ... currently no rules for carbon-trading in the vaguely-worded Article 6 of the Paris Accord that can account for these ...

Dutch lawyers take Frontex to EU court over pushbacks

... . A Syrian/Kurdish family with children aged 2, 5 and 7 had arrived on the Greek islands in October 2016. They ... and international law, at an EU summit starting Thursday. This article was updated on 21 October, 2021 at 17:27 with ...

Von der Leyen vows action against Poland

... the suspension of EU funds, or the Article 7 sanctions procedure. There is already one Article 7 procedure under way against Poland, since 2017 ...

Opinion

Why doesn't Babiš get same focus as Hungary and Poland?

... values outlined in the EU Treaty's Article 2, which include respect for "human dignity ... the triggering of the Treaty's Article 7 proceedings which could lead to the ... the EU should consider the application of Article 7 to deter future breaches and to protect ...

MEPs visit Hungary to update damning report

... adopted by a large majority in parliament, triggering the Article 7 procedure against Hungary. Delbos-Corfield told EUobserver there is ... adopted in December, will not be a "new Article 7 report". The Article 7 process, which has been dragging on for years ...

Agenda

Slovenia's Janša in MEPs' crosshairs This WEEK

... over LGBTIQ issues), is expected to be lively. On Wednesday (7 July), MEPs will also debate the breaches of EU law ... concern over the lack of progress with regards to the Article 7 sanctions procedure against the Polish and Hungarian governments. The years ...

Poland and Hungary sanctions procedure back after pandemic

... 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 ...

Opinion

Next week is time for EU to finally lead on rule of law

... Affairs Council hearings an occasion to seriously revive the Article 7 proceedings. The hearings on Poland and Hungary are a ... In addition, the Commission should urgently boost its support for Article 7 by, for example, updating and expanding its own December ...

Top EU court rejects Hungary's challenge to sanctions probe

... a European Parliament vote that opened the way for the Article 7 sanctions probe into the erosion of democratic standards under ... shield each other from any moves against them through the Article 7 procedure, which could suspend their voting rights in the ...

Commission pledges autumn launch of new rule-of-law tool

... commission's budget chief also pointed out that while the Article 7 sanctions procedure looks at rule of law in general, in ... management of EU funds. Hungary and Poland are already under Article 7 scrutiny. "We are looking at cases that are ongoing, serious ...

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Summit on climate and Russia This WEEK

... Poland and Hungary, which are both under the EU's Article 7 sanctions procedure for possibly breaches of EU rule of law ...

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