The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday approved a resolution that criticizes the deterioration of the rule of law in Poland and Hungary and called for more measures to improve the democratic quality of these two countries. The text won the support of the five great forces of the European Chamber (the European People's Party, the Socialists and Democrats, the Liberals of Renew, the Greens and the Unitary Left). However, the MEPs of the Spanish PP denied their support that attended the plenary.

Precisely one of the requests of this motion was to request more independence for the judiciary of these two countries, something that in Spain is demanding the president of the PP, Pablo Casado, especially these days following the appointment of Dolores Delgado as a new attorney general of the State.

The resolution went ahead with 446 votes in favor, 178 against and 41 abstentions.

The Spanish delegation deviated from the line followed by their political family, who voted in their majority in favor of the resolution at a time when the formation is about to expel Fidesz, the party of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, who He has been suspended as a member for his anti-European drift for months.

The resolution was also rejected by the group of Conservatives and reformists, of which the ultra-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party that governs Poland is a member, as well as the Spanish Vox formation and the N-VA Flemish nationalists; by the Identity and Democracy group, which brings together Eurosceptics, and by several MEPs not enrolled in any group.

The European Union (EU) activated in 2017 against Poland and in 2018 against Hungary the procedure known as Article 7, given the concern about the lack of independence of its judicial systems, the situation of freedom of expression, corruption and the state of Democracy in general in both countries.

The European Parliament considers that the debates that the European Commission (EC) and the ministers of the rest of the Member States have had since then with Warsaw and Budapest have not served so that the countries, governed by conservative and nationalist parties, "align themselves with the founding values ​​of the EU ".

MEPs ask in their resolution that the debates that are usually held with the two countries be "more regular and structured" and call on the Council (the States) to issue concrete recommendations, with time periods, to both to ensure that they respect the legislation community

They also ask the Community Executive to use all the tools at their disposal, in particular the infringement procedures, which ultimately allow a country to be brought to justice, and the demand for preventive measures to the Court of Justice of the European Union ( TJUE).

The procedure of Article 7 may have as a final consequence the withdrawal of the right to vote in a particular country, but for this, the unanimity of all others is required, so it is impossible to apply to Hungary if Poland votes against, and vice versa.

So far the process has resulted in two demands on Poland for its controversial reform of the judicial system, which has been partly amended as a result of sentences against European courts, as well as Hungary for its laws against civil organizations, among other

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