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Orban Out* Sarkozy & Poland’s NCJ Down

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3 March 2021

Orbán jumps out the EPP group (but not EPP Party) before he's pushed. It's a bit like Xeno's paradox. To get

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Jourova: Disciplinary chamber “unacceptable”. Judit Varga channels punk musician Skunk Anansie.

Newshound 8 February 2021

Vera Jourová gave a lecture to Leuven University’s Reconnect programme where she described the Polish disciplinary chamber’s removal of judges as “unacceptable”. She wants to say the cavalry is coming,

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Why the AstraZeneca vaccine row matters for the rule of law; Commission moves to protect Polish Judges

Newshound 27 January 2021

Either the EU is bullying a company to hide its failure or the company’s trying to escape responsibility for its own production failures. High stakes.

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So we didn’t need the Rule of Law Mechanism after all?

Newshound 11 January 2021

Back after the break to find that the Commission has discovered that it has the power to suspend payments to Poland and Hungary without using the Rule of Law mechanism

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Rule of Law Compromise: Orbanisation without Representation?

Newshound 21 December 2020

Rule of Law Mechanism compromise risks Orbanisation without Representation.

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Merkel wants rule of law compromise by both sides. New UK plans to break withdrawal agreement.

Newshound 1 December 2020

Merkel urges both sides to compromise. Appeasement? Poland totally landscaped over disciplinary chamber. UK to break withdrawal asgreement again.

Debate

Don’t cancel Article 7 procedures to get EU Budget through. What didn’t work for Chamberlain won’t work for Merkel.

Daniel Hegedus 30 November 2020

Cancelling Article 7 Procedures to get the EU Budget through would emppower autocratizing Hungary and Poland, trash Germany's reputation

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This week was veto week. Six essential reads.

Newshound 27 November 2020

Essential reads from Hungary Poland Veto week. Feat. Micheál Martin. Council Legal Service. John Morijn and more.

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Poland and Hungary Joint Declaration – What they said, and what they meant

Newshound 26 November 2020

Orbán and Poland's Morawiecki held a summit and produced a joint declaration. The Newshound decodes it so you don't have to (and catches them lying through their teeth).

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