The European Commission is being “dishonest” about the reasons behind its delay in approving Hungary’s post-pandemic recovery plan, an MEP of the ruling Fidesz party told Hungarian public media in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
The Hungarian government and the commission had been in full agreement on every aspect of the plan, but its approval has stalled over the “political frenzy” around Hungary’s child protection law, Enikő Győri said.
She said the EU commissioners in charge of the recovery funds had made it clear on multiple occasions that that the EC was not applying double standards to Hungary. “But they’ve refused to answer whether other member states have also been sent an endless stream of questions regarding the actions they take against corruption and fraud,” Győri added.
“The use of double standards is in fact very clear,”
she said. “And the commissioners have also failed to explain why it is that the talks — which were otherwise going well — happened to come to a halt right when Hungary passed the child protection law,” she added.
Győri said the commission’s disregard for the European Court of Auditors’ report indicating that Hungary’s allocation of EU funds in the previous budgetary period had been well above the EU average was another demonstration of its double standards. Hungary, she added, had also been one of the first member states to submit its national anti-fraud strategy to the EC and to have it approved. It is also among the member states that are the most cooperative with the EU’s anti-fraud office OLAF and was the first non-member country to sign a cooperation pact with the European public prosecutor’s office, Győri said.
Győri said the commission’s disregard for the European Court of Auditors’ report indicating that Hungary’s allocation of EU funds in the previous budgetary period had been well above the EU average was another demonstration of its double standards. Hungary, she added, had also been one of the first member states to submit its national anti-fraud strategy to the EC and to have it approved. It is also among the member states that are the most cooperative with the EU’s anti-fraud office OLAF and was the first non-member country to sign a cooperation pact with the European public prosecutor’s office, Győri said.
The EC is “giving in to political pressure”
and “doesn’t want to drop the issue” of the child protection law until Hungarians go to the polls next spring, Győri said, adding that this constituted an “open intervention” in the general election. The EC should apply a strictly professional approach to its assessment of Hungary and Poland’s recovery plans and should approve them as soon as possible, the MEP said.
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Source: MTI
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Since Russia and China intervenes in the election’s for Fidesz I think the EU should intervene for the Opposition….just to level the playing field.
Can see Fidesz is using every dirty trick in the book to sow the seeds of doubt. Pathetic.
I know this isn’t the right story to comment, but why isn’t more being said about the Omicron variant. Hungary has barely mentioned it, highly contagious, cases are doubling every two to three days. The WHO are concerned. It’s not a milder form. The virus doesn’t know borders, there will be more than the two or three cases the government said. I don’t know why they’re trying to keep quiet about it. It’s overtaken the Delta variant. The booster vaccine does help but it’s a different strain so theoretically anyone who has been vaccinated can catch it or for those who’ve already had Covid, they can catch it again. As for the unvaccinated, who knows. Pfizer is working on another vaccine. Don’t just take my word on it, it’s in other trustworthy news agencies. UK recorded 78,000 cases yesterday. France has banned travel from the UK, although it’s probably something to do with the fishing wars too!
TThe anti-Hungarian opposition led by the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang is colluding with the EU, Soros and senile Biden’s communist democrats to influence the Hungarian election.
My answer to these scumbags is that I never voted for Fidesz but this time I’ll vote Fidesz for sure.
EU is the new Soviet Union. We will not give-up Hungarian children to these perverts.
MAGYARORSZÁG A MAGYAROKÉ
There is this pervert again copying my username.
It is time for me to drop using István, my real name and start posting using StopSoros.
The ant-Hungarian opposition led by the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang is colluding with the EU, Soros and senile Biden’s communist democrats to influence the Hungarian election. It is treason.
My answer to these scumbags is that I never voted for Fidesz but this time I’ll vote Fidesz for sure.
EU is the new Soviet Union.
It is time to stop the Fidesz corrupt scumbags that are actually working for Russia and China. I never voted for Fidesz before and will NOT vote for them in the future too.
This pervert has gone insane and follows me like a sick puppy.
This Soros dog really needs help.
It is comical when this Soros dog is willing to use my StopSoros handle to follow me.
Must be a real desperate pervert if an 85 year old guy turns him on.