Europeans expect tougher action against anti-democratic tendencies in the EU
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Europeans expect the European Union to be "tougher" against illiberal, anti-democratic tendencies in Europe, said MEP Guy Verhofstadt in an interview with EURACTIV.pl at the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) in Warsaw.
"Citizens are calling on us to be much more acute against the illiberal and anti-democratic tendencies we see in some European Union countries," Guy Verhofstadt said.
Europeans expect action to be taken against such practices, he added, because “The EU is not just an internal market. It is primarily a community of values and civic rights.”
"In this sense, I hope that the Conference on the Future of Europe can have a positive impact on Poland," Verhofstadt added.
Thus, he referred to the fact that the third citizens' assembly of CoFoE is taking place in Poland.
