Gulyás: Brussels is wrong to "play the same tune" as the Hungarian Left
Brussels is making a mistake when it "plays the same tune" as the Hungarian Left, as Hungarians have just rejected it by a large majority.
Brussels is making a mistake when it "plays the same tune" as the Hungarian Left, as Hungarians have just rejected it by a large majority.
Lawmakers representing ruling Fidesz in the EP said they would continue to make every effort to resist “blackmail” masked as “rule of law”.
Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi said the report was “full of absurd claims that have nothing to do with reality”.
“We are not surprised: the latest report of the European Commission focuses on the Hungarian Law on Child Protection,” Minister Varga said.
The European Commission’s second “Rule of Law Report” displays the same level of double standards as its predecessor and lacks any objective application of agreed upon criteria.
The justice minister said the states’ sovereignty and the treaties of the European Union must be respected.
Sweden’s Foreign Ministry published its biannual report on Hungary on Wednesday. It seems they’re quite worried, but it reeks of hypocrisy.
During a meeting in Luxembourg, ministers exchanged views about the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the national prosecutors’ work in the member states.
Hungary challenged the European Parliament’s adoption of the Sargentini Report back in 2018 on the grounds that the EP had arbitrarily bent the voting rules to tilt the odds in its favor.
Fidesz called on the EC to immediately withdraw the “obviously biased” liaison and publicly guarantee a fair procedure.
Rule of law debate should not serve to create divisions between EU member states at a time when they are busy fighting against the coronavirus epidemic.
“We, in Hungary, say that you can only be a good European if you are a good Hungarian,” PM Orbán said.
Gergely Gulyás said the Hungarian government’s aim had been clear throughout the talks: the EU support must not be made conditional on rule-of-law criteria.