Balázs Hankó said Hungary was not alone, with the MEPs of several other countries expressing their support for family protection and normality at the initiative of the Patriots for Europe...
In a comprehensive new analysis, the Nézőpont Institute has raised serious concerns over the state of rule of law within the European Union’s own institutions.
Brussels has unveiled its latest Rule of Law Report, a document that reads more like a political manifesto authored by Péter Magyar’s team than a legal assessment.
The justice ministers of Sweden, Hungary, Belgium, and Spain and EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders met in Stockholm.
Minister Varga said the country’s judges were independent and could not be influenced in the course of their deliberations, while a procedure defined by law was the only way of sacking a judge.
Didier Reynders said the Commission will continue consultations with Hungary on the implementation of all reforms and the fulfilment of all criteria necessary for unlocking the funds.
Minister Varga said talks between Hungary and the European Commission on the package of judicial reforms are focused on a narrow set of political issues and are now “in the home stretch”.
Hungary rejects attempts to create a uniform Europe but sees no alternative other than to remain a member of the EU and NATO.
A recent legislative amendment making it possible to raise corruption cases in court is in line with Hungary’s constitution.
The justice minister branded the European Parliament’s recent rule-of-law report saying that Hungary was no longer a full democracy but rather an “electoral autocracy” as “nonsense”.
“The people of Europe are enduring an energy crisis thanks to Brussels’ failed sanctions, yet the left-wing European Parliament’s priority, even so, is to attack Hungary.”
Jorge Buxadé Villalba said the report condemning Hungary, which was voted on Wednesday in the EP's LIBE Committee, is based on subjective opinions and politically biased statements, contains vaguely worded concerns and applies double standards.
The Hungarian government has received the European Commission’s annual report on the state of the rule of law in member states “calmly” and “retained its position to continue a professional dialogue” even in the “single fire it is well accustomed to”.