Hungary Archives • Eyes on Europe

Aborting in Europe: a threatened right? State of play in four European countries

16 March 2023 Gender/equality

Abortion is a human right allowing women to interrupt any unwanted pregnancy. Over time, several women fought to acquire this right, and many are still fighting today. In Europe, while many countries did legalise it, many obstacles remain on the women’s path, some backlashes have been witnessed in the last decades. This article will review the current situation in Poland, Hungary, Italy, and Germany.

Poland is walking on thin ice: the choice between IN and OUT

3 February 2022 European Politics

Sara Bombardieri 8 min

The latest ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court undermining the principle of the primacy of EU law has clearly deteriorated the already precarious relations between Poland and the European Union. […]

The new agreement on the rule of law conditionality: a possible solution?

13 November 2020 European Politics

Laura Sanz 6 min

After years of institutional debate on how to combat rule of law backsliding within the European Union, the European Parliament has reached an agreement with the Council linking EU funds to rule of law compliance. This means that the European Union will stop funding those national governments that threaten the rule of law, with the aim to get them to respect fundamental values listed in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union. This may not put an end to the problem the EU is currently facing vis-à-vis Hungary and Poland, but it represents a step torwards triggering further initiatives and maybe future reforms to the Treaties’ acquis.