Lucinda Creighton: Von der Leyen must hold the line on Poland and Hungary

Sitting back and doing nothing will only encourage other EU states to behave in the manner of the two recalcitrant eastern European nations

Mateusz Morawiecki, prime minister of Poland, and Ursula Von der Leyen, European Commission President: if the European Commission does not impose strict rules on badly behaved countries such as Poland and Hungary, the entire EU legal and governance structure could crumble. Picture: Getty