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EU slams Hungary and Poland in rule of law report
"Serious concern" about judicial independence in both countries
30 September, 18:06
(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, 30 SET - The European Union criticised
Hungary and Poland in its first report on democratic standards
across the bloc on Wednesday, as tensions soar between Brussels
and Budapest. The report on the "rule of law" in all 27 EU
countries comes a day after the bloc rejected hardline Hungarian
Prime Minister Viktor Orban's demand that a senior official
resign over criticism of his government. The assessment prepared
by the European Commission, the bloc's executive, voices
"serious concern" about judicial independence in both Hungary
and Poland. Budapest and its ally in Warsaw have long been at
loggerheads with Brussels over issues like civil freedoms and
immigration, with Orban accused of persecuting opposition media
and forcing the closure of foreign-owned universities.
(ANSA-AFP).
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