The Copenhagen hope: on democracy in the EU

... is the one prescribed for such “risks of a consistent breach of basic values” by Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union. It offers a two-step formula: one, put the country under monitoring, two, suspend its voting rights. This second ... ... we have what we have and this is what we operate with, the Brussels institutions seem to have concluded. The report by Rui Tavares on the situation of fundamental rights in Hungary, passed by Parliament two weeks ago, admits to the scope of the issue ...