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Justice Minister highlights EU’s double standards on Hungary
The justice minister said double standards” were now operating “at an unprecedented level”.
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Justice Minister: Double standards regarding the rule of law are unacceptable
Justice Minister Judit Varga told a meeting involving European affairs ministers that “double standards” regarding the rule of law were “unacceptable”.
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Fidesz MEP: Brussels applies double standards regarding human rights and rule of law issues
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...
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More double standards: Freedom House has become a caricature of itself
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.
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The day Twitter suspended our account “by mistake”
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.
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Justice Minister on EP debate: Hungary rejects double standards and political witch-hunts
"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.
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Justice Minister: Double standards evident in EU’s 2021-27 budget are unacceptable to Hungary
“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.
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Finance Minister: The EU’s country-specific recommendations for Hungary were “not based on real facts, but on a double standard”
“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.
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The LIBE draft report on Hungary: a masterpiece collection of fake news
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.
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And what did the European Commission have to say about former PM Tudose’s outrageous remark?
Hungarian state television M1 asked for a reaction, and here’s what they got from the Commission spokesperson
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European Court of Justice will hear case against Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland over refusal to implement refugee quotas
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
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Here’s the story about how the liberal left and the international media are whitewashing Hungary’s far-right party
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.
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Hungary's foreign minister says the country opposes the double standards set forth by the European Commission
"We reject that the European Union should apply double standards in relation to anyone; we are regrettably observing that the European Commission is applying double standards in relation to Poland very intensively. This is unacceptable," Minister Szijjártó said