LaCroix: Is Brussels stricter with Warsaw than it is with Budapest?
Our Martin Michelot commented for La Croix on the topic of differences in the attitude of Brussels towards Warsaw and Budapest.
Our Martin Michelot commented for La Croix on the topic of differences in the attitude of Brussels towards Warsaw and Budapest, on the differences in the constitution made in Hungary that were not possible in Poland due to ideological stubbornness.
It is necessary that brussels uses more sophisticated and a wider range of tools, because the current way has no way out. What worries the EU most is that the lack of independence of the Polish Constitutional Council will not allow for the application of European law.
The whole article (in French language) is available here.
#Brussels #Hungary #Poland
Martin Michelot
Senior Associate Research Fellow
Senior Associate Research Fellow
Expertise: NATO and transatlantic security, European foreign policy and defense, French politics, elections and society, Visegrad Four and Central Europe, EU institutional issues
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