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Budapest illumination ahead of European Parliament election in June (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

Hungary is 'systemic' rule-of-law offender, EU justice chief says

by Nikolaj Nielsen, Brussels,

The European Commission has faulted Hungary for not doing enough to tackle rule-of-law issues in the country.

"Hungary is a real systemic issue for the commission about the rule of law," Didier Reynders, the outgoing EU commissioner for justice, told reporters on Wednesday (24 July).

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Budapest illumination ahead of European Parliament election in June (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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