Denmark pushes to suspend Hungary’s EU voting rights – POLITICO
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Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.

Denmark wants Europe to deploy its full legal arsenal against Hungary over violations of the bloc’s fundamental rights, including by pursuing the Article 7 so-called nuclear option against Budapest.

“We are still seeing a violation on fundamental values,” Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre told reporters in Aarhus, where the European Commission is on a visit as Copenhagen takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. “That is why we will continue the Article 7 procedure and the hearing on Hungary.”

Article 7 is a clause in the EU treaty that allows countries to vote to exclude or penalize a member that falls afoul of the bloc’s rules. It’s widely considered to be a nuclear legal option, which the EU has so far stopped short of using despite Brussels saying that Hungary has violated its laws.

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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      4 hours ago

      For me, the article at the link has been replaced by one about South Korea, so the thumbnail is of the wrong leader.

      • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        That’s curious! I haven’t seen this before. It’s still talking about and showing a picture of Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre for me.

        Must be a Lemmy glitch of some sort. Lemmy glitch of some sort. glitch of some sort. glitch of some sort. (:P)

      • Eril@feddit.orgEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        Because of that, I actually considered for a moment that some government official in denmark is called Lee Jae Myung. 😅