Press Release: Hungary: MEPs call for threats to the rule of law to be monitored

The European Parliament plenary session approved on 16 December 2015 a resolution calling for the European Union to immediately start monitoring threats to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary.

The chamber urged the European Commission to assess whether the combined effect of government measures there had led to a 'systemic deterioration', which, if the Commission fails to address it, could trigger similar developments in other member states too.

This assessment would be within the rule of law framework adopted by the EC in March 2014.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Commission presents a framework to safeguard the rule of law in the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-european-commission-presents-a-framework-to-safeguard-the-rule-of-law-in-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Hungary: no systemic threat to democracy, says Commission, but concerns remain http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-hungary-no-systemic-threat-to-democracy-says-commission-but-concerns-remain/

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