MEPs quiz the Council and the Commission about their response so far to the democratic backslide in Hungary and Poland. However, despite the deterioration of the situation in both countries over the last few years, the Council has avoided holding a vote to determine whether there is “a clear risk of a serious breach” of the EU’s common values, the next step in the procedure set out in Article 7. MEPs urge the French Presidency of the Council to move forward, and quiz the Commission on other measures to ensure rule of law is respected.

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

LENAERS, Jeroen (EPP, NL)

REINTKE, Terry (Greens/EFA, DE)

BAY, Nicolas (ECR, FR)

EU - Poland (T)

BJÖRK, Malin (The Left, SE)

EU - Hungary (T)

GUILLAUME, Sylvie (S&D, FR)

HIDVÉGHI, Balázs (NI, HU)

HUHTASAARI, Laura (NI, FI)

HALICKI, Andrzej (EPP, PL)

JAKI, Patryk (ECR, PL)

ŠIMEČKA, Michal (Renew, SK)

DELBOS-CORFIELD, Gwendoline (Greens/EFA, FR)

TERTSCH, Hermann (ECR, ES)

STRUGARIU, Ramona (Renew, RO)

BECK, Gunnar (ID, DE)

BISCHOFF, Gabriele (S&D, DE)

RODRÍGUEZ PALOP, Eugenia (The Left, ES)

Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Michal &#352;IME&#268;KA (Renew, SK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gunnar BECK (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Patryk JAKI (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Malin BJ&#214;RK (The Left, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Bal&#225;zs HIDV&#201;GHI (NI, HU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Andrzej HALICKI (EPP, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sylvie GUILLAUME (S&amp;D, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ramona STRUGARIU (Renew, RO), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Terry REINTKE (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Laura HUHTASAARI (ID, FI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Hermann TERTSCH (ECR, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Eugenia RODR&#205;GUEZ PALOP (The Left, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicolas BAY (NI, FR), -