Falling approval ratings, corruption scandals, and mismanagement of the war are making it increasingly evident that Zelensky is not the golden boy Brussels makes him out to be.
Ukraine The Ukrainian president said the move to remove the independence of two anti-corruption bodies was necessary in the fight against the occupiers.
Ukraine’s “anti-democratic backslide” is “happening in plain sight,” critics in Kyiv say, worried that Zelensky may jeopardize the country’s EU accession.
“This is not support for genuine civil society—it’s an attempt to institutionalize a political pressure network in Hungary,” government spokesman Zoltan Kovács said.
The EPP majority has approved a March debate on controversial bills in Spain that would severely restrict the independence of the judiciary and popular legal action.
