Spain: EU Spyware Committee Accused of Political Interference
The EU committee has previously accused the Polish, Greek, and Hungarian governments of using Pegasus spyware against opponents.
The EU committee has previously accused the Polish, Greek, and Hungarian governments of using Pegasus spyware against opponents.
After meeting the Finnish President, Erdoğan will likely ratify Finland’s application within a month. Sweden, however, will probably have to wait until after May’s elections.
Spain’s upcoming turn at holding the EU Council Presidency is a high-stakes opportunity likely to be missed.
The visit comes in the context of the Pegasus spyware scandal and accusations that the Greek government was spying on opposition figures. The EPP has also joined the boycott against the fact-finding mission.
The measure may reveal some uncomfortable truths, MEP Eva-Maria Poptcheva hinted after the European Parliament passed the amendment.
After a hot-mic incident, EU Commissioner Várhelyi says the remark “was taken out of context, [but] I apologize for any possible misunderstanding.”
If they wish to be governing forces like in Hungary and Israel, conservatives must not mind being hated.
The new hotline was created with the support of the Corporate Europe Observatory, which received just under €800,000 in funding from the Soros Open Society Foundation since 2014.
With the wiretapping scandal dealt with for now, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis can turn his attention to securing Greece’s national defense interests.
Hungarian MEP Balázs Hidvéghi also slammed left-liberal MEPS in a tweet, saying: “So basically [left-liberals] have fabricated lies about corruption in Hungary for years, and now their leading politician, the Vice-President of the European Parliament is involved in the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the EU. Hypocrisy at its best!”
The EU defends the sanctions as a means toward protecting the rule of law, judicial independence, and transparency; Warsaw and Budapest, however, read the ruling as a political tool used to punish governments that the EU disapproves of.
The Hungarian elections, which will be closely watched by the international public, will be held in the spring of 2022. The situation—just before the start of the official campaign period—at a glance.
The ECJ handed down the much-anticipated ruling on denying EU countries EU money. Significantly, the pronouncement was broadcast live in Hungarian and Polish, indicating how ground-breaking ruling is considered. The court denied all of Poland and Hungary’s grievances, but the fight over rule of law has just truly begun.
Relations between Poland and European institutions have deteriorated considerably in recent months, leading to an increase in legal disputes between the two parties. On January 19th, Poland received a formal payment order from the European Commission for €69 million, with a payment obligation within 45 days.
The NGO Memorial International drew the Russian government’s disapproval because it gradually left the field of historical research to engage in much more political activities: the promotion of human rights, educational programs, and defense of political prisoners.
If Brussels wants to keep the project of the EU going, it must abandon its imperial trajectory.
Scholz met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in an attempt to establish better relations between the two nations that have been increasingly at odds over issues ranging from energy policy to rule of law.
A new mechanism would allow the EU to suspend payments to its member countries if they seem to breach rule-of-law.
Several EU leaders said they were concerned over Poland’s recent court ruling.
The EU Treaty is subordinate to the constitution in the Polish legal system, according to the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland.
EU Commission dismisses the European Parliament’s call for action.
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