Persons of differing sexual orientation clearly suffer discrimination in Hungary, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said in Budapest on Friday.
Reynders said he was convinced that Hungarian regulations contradicted European Union principles of freedom, and added that he wanted to see an amendment to the relevant law. Reynders has been in Hungary since Wednesday consulting representatives of parliament, government, judges and the civil sector concerning the findings of the
EU 2021 rule-of-law report.
He noted the functioning of the judiciary, corruption, the situation of the media and checks and balances have been under review. The commission’s opinion has not changed significantly, he added.
Reynders insisted that various parliamentary groups and civilians had confirmed the statement of facts described in the EC report, adding that ways to improve the situation would be assessed. Ensuring the independence of the public prosecutor’s office and the courts was highly important, he said. The commissioner also
criticised the “lack of transparency”
in state advertising which, he said, had a major influence on the economic circumstances of media organisations. Also, the Media Council should be composed of a multiplicity of party representatives, he said.
Reynders said his report was an analysis of the situation and not a tool for introducing sanctions. The aim was open dialogue and assessing which areas of cooperation could be improved, he added. At the same time, EU principles must be protected, he said. EU law has primacy in certain areas and the rulings of the European Court are binding, he added. He said the EC was not in favour of identical systems in every member state, given different historical traditions. But certain basic principles must be guaranteed, including the independence of the judiciary enshrined in EU treaties, he added.
Reynders said his report was an analysis of the situation and not a tool for introducing sanctions. The aim was open dialogue and assessing which areas of cooperation could be improved, he added. At the same time, EU principles must be protected, he said. EU law has primacy in certain areas and the rulings of the European Court are binding, he added. He said the EC was not in favour of identical systems in every member state, given different historical traditions. But certain basic principles must be guaranteed, including the independence of the judiciary enshrined in EU treaties, he added.
Reynders said he had
listened to the opinions of “both sides” in Hungary.
He added that he had met Justice Minister Judit Varga, as well as opposition representatives, including prime ministerial candidate Péter Márki-Zay and Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony. Recommendations will be submitted to Hungary, he said. He encouraged Hungary to join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, adding, however, that this was not compulsory.
Hungary’s judiciary gives proper consideration to criteria set out by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR),
Justice Minister Judit Varga told a conference in Budapest on Friday.
Hungarian judges are aware of and well prepared when it comes to the characteristics of the Strasbourg court, Varga told the conference on the implementation of the legal practices of the ECtHR in Hungary’s judicial system. She said Hungary’s system of procedural norms helped keep judges up to date on the Strasbourg court’s practices.
If the Hungarian judiciary acts appropriately, it means fewer cases will be referred to the ECtHR, the minister said. She pointed out as an example that there had been 1,406 pending cases against Hungary before the court in 2009, which later increased to 8,962 but was reduced to just 516 by Jan 1, 2021. Thanks to the government’s efforts, Hungary is no longer among the countries with the most ECtHR cases, Varga added.
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Source: MTI
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It is disgraceful that the DNH keep using photos of Drag Artists when discussing alternative sexualities. Drag Artists are performers and some very famous ones (Barry Humphries known as Dame Edna Everage for example) are completely ‘straight’. The choice of photo says a lot about the DNH’s prejudices.
Didier Reynders is right.
There is no discrimination against LGBT community members in Hungary. There were law passed protecting these people and unlike in many countries, the laws are enforced. So it is time to stop this stupid discussion.
…and yes, the Laws Protecting Children should be enforced to protect children under the age 18…..
On a lighter note :
The (3) ladies in the article photograph must say – not at all short of cleavage.
Need to put an oxygen tank pact on my back – if I had the luck to spend some intermint quality time with either of these (3) three.
No doubt the heart rate would accelerate and blood flow quicken, causing swelling and enlargement of “certain” organ parts ///
Be a killer a foursome – which certainly would leave you “stiff” at the end of the “cataclymic” climax or end of show.
Think I need a Cold Shower ///
How is it DNH fault when the Drag Artists are dressing up that way? Like, I feankly don’t care about a person’s orientation or how they dress. If one is dressing provocatively then of course they will receive stares and judgment from others.
Why is it discrimination when one looks at this picture and want to puke?
There is no way we want to let these perverts in our schools and abuse our children.
This Didier Reynders clown didn’t come here to get information. He came here with his far-left, liberal, globalist, Marxist agenda to show some muscle. He is just a Soros follower.
Istvan, you must learn they cannot help it how they feel. Stop being so intollerant towards these who are different from the norm.
@The Realist: Drag Artists are performers. It is a stage outfit. Thus using that image is not representative in any way, just as not all men are cowboys just because John Wayne wore cowboy outfits in films.
István, I have met you in real life quite a while back. In District 13. I knew that you were nuts within 3 minutes of talking to you.
Mario and the rest, I don’t care what you do to each other as long as you don’t do it in public and stay away from our children.
Berlin is a gay Mecca and has many torture dungeons with whips and chains were 10-20 guys line up to sodomize the latest victim-along with other EU sanctioned torture. Regulated by the EC and has many members who participate. The total number of locations are unknown as many are private or individuals. Hungary can only dream of such acceptance.
@The Trixie, fair enough. However, I wouldn’t really want a child to see a drag artist who is dressed provocatively.
Just like I would expect any other performers dressing appropriately in front of children (ex: a clown wouldn’t dress as Pennywise when performing for children).
That’s my own take.
@The Realist: there is a Christmas tradition in the UK called Pantomime, usually a well known story such as Cinderella or Aladdin. They are family outings and have always been very popular. One of the lead characters is always in drag. During the time of Shakespeare, all characters on stage were male but some were dressed as females for the relevant roles – it was considered ‘unseemly’ for women to be on stage at that time. Further, what is ‘provocatively’ supposed to mean? What “provokes” you may not “provoke” others. Finally, who or what is Pennywise?
Trying to tell us that “During the time of Shakespeare, all characters on stage were male but some were dressed as females for the relevant roles” has anything to do with the perverts Brussels wants to force on Hungarian children is garbage.