Poland will oppose any sanctions imposed on Hungary
Poland, said it will oppose any sanctions imposed by the bloc on fellow member Hungary, accused of floating EU rules on democracy.
“Every country has its sovereign right to make internal reforms it deems appropriate,” Poland’s foreign ministry said in a statement late on Wednesday.
“Actions aimed against member states serve only deepening divides in the EU, increasing citizens’ current lack of confidence to European institutions.”
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to sanction Hungary for neglecting norms on democracy, civil rights and corruption in a first bid to launch the punitive process of the EU treaty’s Article 7.
With 448 votes in favour, 197 against and 48 abstentions, the motion passed in the Strasbourg plenary session, the first time ever the European legislature triggered the so-called Article 7 procedure against an EU member state.
