Press Release: Hungary: no systemic threat to democracy, says Commission, but concerns remain

European Commissioner Vera Jourová informed the European Parliament's plenary during a debate on 2 December 2015 the EC had seen no systemic threat to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary, although it had brought several procedures against it for infringing EU laws.

In paragraph 11 of its resolution of 10 June 2015, the EP had urged the EC to 'activate the first stage of the EU framework to strengthen the rule of law, and therefore to initiate immediately an in-depth monitoring process concerning the situation of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary, assessing a potential systemic serious breach of the values on which the Union is founded'.

ESO: Background information: Commission registers European Citizens' Initiative on EU fundamental values in Hungary http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-registers-european-citizens-initiative-on-eu-fundamental-values-in-hungary/

ESO: Background information: Hungary: MEPs condemn Orbán’s death penalty statements and migration survey http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-hungary-meps-condemn-orbans-death-penalty-statements-and-migration-survey/

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