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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Via AP news wire

EU justice chief laments democratic standards in Hungary

Belgium Europe Summit - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Hungary has made virtually no progress in addressing European Union concerns about democratic backsliding over the last year, the EU's justice commissioner said Tuesday, as he unveiled the bloc’s annual rule of law report.

The section on Hungary highlighted concern about party financing, secret surveillance, media pluralism, the excessive use of government emergency powers, as well as pressure put on judges and members of civil society, among other shortcomings.

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