More than 60 NGOs and media, including EUobserver, have signed a call for an EU-wide law to stop the rich and powerful from silencing critics with malicious litigation.

EU border-agency chief, Fabrice Leggeri, ought to resign over allegations of illegal pushbacks in Greek waters, the centre-left group in the European Parliament said.

Jozsef Szajer, a Fidesz MEP and close ally of Viktor Orbán, was found to be trying to escape down a drainpipe from the lockdown party.

Environmental organisations have brought the multinational Shell to court, arguing that their current policies violate human rights by knowingly undermining international climate goals.

The rest of the EU is now witnessing the kind of legal-political brutalism that these two governments, Poland and Hungary have been employing against their own judges, citizens, opposition and media for many years.

The EU border agency Frontex's annual budget for 2020 is €460m. Now they are launching court proceedings against two pro-transparency campaigners for not paying them €24,000 in legal fees after losing a case last year.