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EU: Hollande in favour of expelling member states with right-wing governments

24 February 2016

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"French President François Hollande has spoken about the possibility of member states being expelled from the European Union if right-wing governments come to power... “A country can be suspended from the European Union,” Hollande told France Inter radio, as “Europe has legal tools, through articles in treaties, to prevent a country from violating democratic principles,” he added."

See the full text: Hollande in favour of expelling member states with right-wing governments (euractiv, link)

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