Fidesz MEP compares EU’s rule of law procedure to domestic violence
Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch has said Brussels bureaucrats are intent on imposing their will on Hungarians by whatever means possible when it comes to sanctions, illegal migration, and changes to the child protection law. He didn’t fail to make a horrific comparision: saying that what the EU is doing to Hungary is no less than domestic violence.
Deutsch told public radio that Hungary had fulfilled all of its 17 commitments, yet the European Commission was sticking to the same punishment recommendations against Hungary it had made to the European Council at the start of negotiations.
The EC’s problem, he said, was not with Hungary’s 17 commitments or the rule of law, but Hungary’s objection to Brussels forcing its stance on migration, sanctions, and the child protection law.
Accused a Belgian MEP of being a “Hungary-hater”
Commenting on Belgian liberal MEP Guy Verhofstadt’s suggestion that Hungary’s funding should be withdrawn each time it opposes EU policy, Deutsch accused Verhofstadt of being a “Hungary-hater”.
He said it was clear from Verhofstadt’s stance that Brussels was lying when it talked about European values and protecting democracy by taking action against Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Bulgarians and Croats over the rule of law. The bureaucrats real problem with the countries — Hungary and Poland in particular — was their unwillingness to yield to the demands of Brussels, he added.
Unbelievably, compared the EU’s situation to domestic violence
Deutsch likened what was happening within the European Union to domestic violence within the family, “and domestic violence is one of the most serious crimes”.
The ruling party politician said that 85-90 percent of Hungarians agreed that Hungary should reject illegal migration, protect its borders, and maintain the child protection law. They also reject “catastrophic” sanctions, he added.
He slammed “Brussels” for attaching “imaginable and unimaginable conditions” to Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen accession, even though the two countries had fulfilled all the conditions.
Didn’t spare the member states either
Meanwhile “cocky, arrogant, western member states” had stymied their Schengen membership nevertheless, he said. Deutsch said western member states should ditch their “condescending, smug, colonialist behaviour”, adding that many arrangements for the whole of the EU must be reconsidered.
Referring to a bribe scandal involving a vice-president of the European Parliament, he said it was becoming clear that the European left wing was receiving “incredibly large sums of money” from beyond the EU, and he also referred to a similar case involving Hungarian left-wing opposition politicians.
Meanwhile, the Fidesz MEP said, the European and Hungarian left wing were the loudest complainers when it came to highlighting external corruption and interference.
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Source: MTI
6 Comments
This is the exact type of Politician from the Political Party Fidesz under its Leader and present Prime Minister of Hungary – Victor Orban – who is unfit for Public Office being as a Politician.
There is absolutely NO doubt, evidence is MOUNTING – facts we have KNOWN for longish periods of months – that Hungary – the perpetrator’s – the instigators – who have DRIVEN us into the cataclysmic BLACK Hole we as a country are in.
This repulsive and incorrect behaviour and ABUSE directed AGAIN at the European Union by this Fidesz Politician – they FORGET – does the Fidesz Party / Victor Orban – that they SINGLE Handedly – have ownership and wear ALL the Responsible for ALL the MASSIVE problems – they as a Political Party have created with the European Union.
Hungary – slowly we GROW to understand this FACT – and the consequences to our immediate- short- medium- and long-term FUTURE – the destruction to Hungary – the brand name Hungary – that this FAILING Fidesz led Government under Victor Orban – his “Dictatorship” – is impacting on MILLIONS of Hungarian lives.
It’s appalling.
I just came here to read a liberal’s salty “REEEE” comment.
What an entertainment. 🙂
Some of these FIDESZ politicians look like extras on the set of a Sicilian crime drama ! How can so many Hungarians take them seriously !! I t beats me !
The persistent need stoke a bit of anger and passion, make sure there’s an enemy to “fight” (notice how our Politicians are always “fighting” – as opposed to engaging in dialogue).
Re the Romania / Bulgaria mess – this was no Brussels (why use facts when you can tell fairytales). The main cause was co-anti-immigration hardliner Austria’s Federal Chancellor Mr. Nehammer’s position (also looking for an enemy to fight to get his population to “focus”).
In the meantime, we ourselves continue to struggle to adhere to the EU Copenhagen criteria. We can and must do better.
Dear Tamás
I do not know what type of family you grew up in, but when a dependent child is not getting his way and takes all of his toys and goes home, he ends up with nothing. This is not domestic violence, this is a child trying to dictate to the adults what to do. Remember that Hungary has less than 2% of the population in Europe, but is trying to dominate the conversation. This will never work. What will happen is that the child will be put to bed with no supper. Is this clear to you, Tamas? I used language that any spoiled child would understand.
@N.Davies:
I thought I was the only one who would notice Tamás Deutsch’s unruly appearance. My very first thought was that I’m looking at a mafioso. 😀 For how long has been out of circulation? 🙂 😀
@gaborzsazsa: I hope “Dear Tamás” (and his boss) will get your message. 🙂
@Norbert, always sensible and spot on.
While there is “fighting”, there is no dialogue, and when there is no dialogue, the is nothing. 🙁