Despite the fact politicians and members of government sit on boards of higher education institutions within the EU, Commissioner for Education Mariya Gabriel has not disputed the charge that only...
The justice minister said double standards” were now operating “at an unprecedented level”.
Justice Minister Judit Varga told a meeting involving European affairs ministers that “double standards” regarding the rule of law were “unacceptable”.
Balázs Hidvéghi said the rule of law is used as a political weapon and standards are applied arbitrarily against countries that the EU has debates with about the set of...
This time, the once renowned human rights organization found in its democracy-benchmarking that the condition of Hungary’s democracy has – waitforit – grown worse during the COVID-19 crisis.
This latest case of censorship comes at a time when tech giants around the world have increasingly begun to silence those who hold different opinions.
"The Hungarian government remains open to dialogue on a legal basis, but we reject double standards and political witch-hunts. Long live the rule of law, long live democracy!" Minister Varga said.
“Hungary rejects the draft in its current form because it will result in the biggest cutback in cohesion funds for the Central European region and Hungary within it, which goes against the principles and goals of this policy,” Minister Varga said.
“The Hungarian government expects the results of the European Parliament elections in May to have a positive impact on the operation of the EU’s system of institutions soon, and that current policy will then not creep into professional matters,” Minister Varga said.
Speaking at last Thursday’s session of the European Parliament’s LIBE committee, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reiterated Hungary’s strong opposition to any pro-migration plan. The draft report – which would call for the nuclear option of an Article 7 procedure to be launched against Hungary – is “a collection of compounded lies” and takes a stance far removed from facts and reality, he said.
Hungarian state television M1 asked for a reaction, and here’s what they got from the Commission spokesperson
Pál Volner, parliamentary state secretary of the ministry of justice, said that the EC lawsuit did not apply to several other countries that had not taken in migrants
In recent days, the chairman of Hungary’s far-right political party Jobbik publicly declared his intention to form an alliance with left-wing opposition parties LMP and Momentum. The latter have not ruled out the possibility.