Kovács noted that a repeat vote was requested because one European People’s Party member’s card malfunctioned, but the EP president refused to allow another vote. “This is Brussels’ ‘rule of law’ in practice,” he commented.
“Who is Salis, really? A violent Antifa criminal who came to Hungary to hunt down her political opponents on the streets of Budapest,” Kovács wrote. He recalled that in 2023, Salis and her accomplices randomly attacked and severely beat people. “Hungarian authorities captured her and brought her before a court, but she escaped accountability by hiding behind the European Parliament’s immunity. Salis belongs in prison — not in the EP!” he stated.
The state secretary added that “the Brussels elite that shelters extremists like Salis is the same one now working to isolate Israel. Hungary continues to stand by Israel and rejects any form of support for terrorism. We say no to antisemitism, to terrorism, and to the radical leftist agenda that threatens Europe’s peace and security.”
Kovács also pointed out that “in recent months, Salis has joined the so-called ‘flotilla activism,’ spreading the gravest accusations against Israel — calling it a ‘genocidal, apartheid regime’ and even claiming it tortured Greta Thunberg. This is classic terrorist propaganda — coming straight from a terrorist’s mouth.”
“Ilaria Salis is not a human rights activist. She is a radical extremist promoting the propaganda of terrorist organizations and disguising Hamas’s brutality as activism and human rights advocacy,” Kovács concluded.