2022 could be the year the map of the European Union is redrawn.
- Lili Bayer
- Politico
For years, right-wing populists gained ground across the bloc’s newer member countries, inspired far-right groups across the Continent and stoked fears about the union’s democratic future.
In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán consolidated his power over the media and judiciary.
In Poland, the conservative Law and Justice party introduced wide-ranging changes to the country’s judiciary, raising deep alarm among judges, courts and EU institutions.
And in Slovenia, Prime Minister Janez Janša put pressure on the…