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European Council reaches tipping point on the rule of law?
The European Council (24 - 25 June) was dominated by two subjects: Russia and the Franco-German proposal for an EU-Russia summit - which was abandoned - and the rule of law.
While the debate on the rule of law in Europe has been simmering for some time, the recent anti-LGBTIQ proposals of the Hungarian government seemed to present a tipping point. Even provoking, at least one leader, the Netherlands Prime Minister Marc Rutte to question whether Orban’s Hungary belonged in the EU.
Asked about this, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: "There are ten million people in Hungary and there are ten million reasons why Hungary should remain part of the European Union."
Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, the current holder of the rotating Presidency of the Council, referred to his own country’s struggle for democracy and the importance of EU membership as a guarantor of democracy.
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