The European parliamentary group of ruling Fidesz on Thursday rejected “shameful attacks on Hungary and Poland” after the EP passed a resolution calling on the European Commission and Council to step up action against Hungary and Poland for alleged breaches of the rule of law.
The resolution demands that Hungary and Poland make a “genuine commitment” to protecting European values and “meaningful progress” thereof, and that recovery funding should be withheld until “both countries comply fully” with recommendations regarding the rule of law. Fidesz MEP Balázs Hidvéghi called for the cessation of
“absurd accusations” against Hungary
and respect for the right of Hungarians to their sovereignty.
“In reality, we are being attacked because the European left wing can’t tolerate that Hungary’s nationally minded government has taken a firm stand for classical European values and traditions, and goes against the mainstream on issues such as migration and child protection,” he said.
Hidvéghi said that when Hungary joined the EU eighteen years ago, it was clear that the country wanted to belong to a free community based on mutual respect and traditional European values. He called it “intolerable” that Brussels, and especially the European Parliament, had turned into a
“self-righteous, post-modern witch-hunt club” seeking to impose “a narrow-minded, radical ideology” on all.
Those resisting, he added, were being blackmailed with sanctions and aggressive attacks. István Újhelyi, MEP of the opposition Socialists, said the resolution had called on the EC to use all the means at its disposal to ensure that the citizens of Hungary and Poland are not deprived of the advantages of EU funding simply because their governments had violated the rule-of-law principle.
“It solely depends on the government when Hungary gets access to the frozen EU funds,” he said. He said the European Union had not launched an ideological or political “with-hunt” against the Hungarian government, but it demanded the observance of rules and norms based on common values as well as guarantees for the fair and transparent use of EU funds. “It is high time the government takes action and strikes a compromise with the European Union,” Hidvéghi said, adding that
any delay would cause great harm to the Hungarian economy and the ordinary Hungarians.
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Source: MTI
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………”self-righteous, seeking to impose “a narrow-minded, radical ideology” on all”.
Isn’t this exactly what the Orban government is doing to us, the citizens of Hungary.
Orban can’t go against Putin, he’s the one who got him re-elected. All the eggs are in one basket, very bad governing. Should never ever be so dependent on another country. Far too many dodgy handshakes have taken place and now it’s coming home to roost.
@Anonymouse
“The Pot calling the kettle black”. I guess as a citizen (cough) i can see you’ld rather freeze to death or starve next Winter, which ever hits you first, blindly be led by the EU Socialists. Go ahead and show us yourself.
@Vedo, the issues of the rule of law as defined by The Treaty of Rome and the adherence of member states (who all signed up them, because they are core values of the EU) was in already in play long before the war in Ukraine and are unrelated. Ergo, your attempt to conflate the issue of energy with a totally separate matter is simply incorrect and a rather weak attempt to at deflection.
@Levente,
I don’t see how you feel i’m conflating or deflecting anything here. Neither the Treaty of Rome nor the EU membership in signing up ever spoke up or ever threatened the culture preservation or sovereignity of a EU member state. Since joining the west changed in ideology to of family values, cultures, and even challenged the sovereignity of some member states by going against what they desire, after repeated referendums and majority elections. The west all have minority elected governments and the EU governance or commision is NON-elected. They continue to bring up fights that were previously resolved and won by Hungary to try to overwhelm the country, and without even seeing things through court decide to impose sanctions on it that were previously discussed as never to happen when the 27 memberstates ruled on the last 7 year budget.
As for energy, expecting landlocked countries to sanction themselves from a supplier and not offer any alternatives or guarantees is asking a country to go hang itself when its economy and wellfare depend on it. This measure is a minor temp inconvenience to Russia that is just going east to sell now. Dont worry yourself about Hungary though, I doubt very much it will stay in the EU in another 8 years, maybe sooner. It will be by choice and just like the Brits who also had enough to the mafia membership will do much better without it. Then you can have your EU with it’s non-socialist, non-facist, non-autocratic , or democraftic leaders. GOODLUCK BRO!