MEPs quiz the Council and the Commission on the ongoing Article 7 hearings regarding the state of democracy in Hungary, with a focus on the implications for the EU budget. Closing statements by Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, and Mathieu Michel, Belgian Secretary of State for Digitalisation, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy and the Belgian Buildings Agency.

Brussels

statement

debate

plenary session

EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (T)

EU - Hungary (T)

REYNDERS, Didier (BE, EC)

MICHEL, Mathieu (BE)

Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Hungary to strengthen Rule of Law and its budgetary implications: Closing statements by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice, and Mathieu MICHEL, Belgian Secretary of State

SOUNDBITE (French), Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice, -

SOUNDBITE (French), MICHEL, Belgian Secretary of State for Digitalisation, -