A European Parliament report on Hungary outlines systemic threats to the rule of law, among other fields.
Poland's judiciary is in such tatters that other EU member states are openly questioning whether it is still legally sound to extradite criminal suspects there.
CIVICUS Monitor update on Poland - April 2018
Before any compromise can be reached, Poland should take action to address the EU’s concerns, the vice president of the European Commission has said. Frans Timmermans added that he can’t prejudge the success of...
Hungarian daily paper Magyar Nemzet and Budapest-based FM Lánchíd Rádió have closed down after 80 years on the media market. Both are owned by Lajos Simicska, an ex-ally of Viktor Orbán. He claims the lack of...
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The idea of a new fund for rights and democracy groups inside the EU is gaining ground. If the EU doesn't want to see more elected autocracies like Hungary's Fidesz, it will prove essential.
The European Commission says it is considering doing away with the EU's voluntary code of conduct on the removal of online hate speech and replacing it with legislation and heavy sanctions. The move comes amid the...
Just over half of Dutch voters (52%) are in favor of holding a referendum on the new organ donation law, according to a poll by Maurice de Hond. The new law, a D66 initiative, basically states that if, as a Dutch...
Opposition parties did not have a level playing field in last weekend's election in Hungary, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Monday. "The government’s excessive spending on ads that...
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