Thread by @astroehlein

Is the EU finally going to get serious this week about the long-running assaults on human rights and democracy in #Hungary & #Poland?

EU members meeting in the General Affairs Council session tomorrow will discuss the situations in Poland & Hungary under Article 7, the EU treaty mechanism to hold accountable governments whose actions threaten the bloc’s rule of law, human rights and democratic principles.

The EU must put Hungary & Poland on notice that there is no place for attacks on the rule of law in the EU & step up scrutiny of their rights-abusiving policies, say:

@amnesty;
@fidh_en;
@hrw;
@ICJ_org;
@osfEUpolicy;
@RSF_en.

Joint statement: hrw.org/news/2021/06/1…

It is absolutely tragic that leaders from the EU & its member states have let Hungary & Poland deteriorate like this.

The EU used to be a bloc of exclusively democratic states.

Now, no longer.

The EU has become a hybrid of democratic & anti-democratic countries.

This should not be just another Council meeting; it should be the beginning of a long & concentrated effort for a true democratic recovery.

euobserver.com/opinion/152161

Some good organisations and individuals tweeting on this today using the hashtags:

#AskOrban
#AskMorawiecki
#AskVarga

Check them out!