Ahead of a crucial vote in the European Parliament’s civil liberties, justice, and home affairs committee on the rule of law in Hungary, leading S&D MEPs have called on their counterparts from the EPP group to finally take action against the authoritarian drift of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The committee will vote this afternoon on launching infringement procedures against the Hungarian government under Article 7 of the EU treaties for consistent and systemic breaches of core EU values.