Hungarian government to challenge Sargentini vote in EU court
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Hungary’s government is taking its challenge against the European Parliament’s (EP) vote on the Sargentini report to the European Court of Justice, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said on Monday.
The report was only approved because abstentions were not counted and this breaches the Lisbon Treaty, Gulyás said.
The 263rd section of the European Union’s basic treaty clearly states that a two-thirds majority is required for a procedure to be valid, he noted, insisting that this was not achieved and therefore the procedure should not go ahead.
Gulyás said it was the first time the EP had held a vote on Article 7. He said house rules dictated that abstentions could be set aside in ordinary procedures but this rule did not apply in the case of special procedures.
Efforts are under way to subject Hungary to “a kind of witch hunt” due to the country’s position on migration, he said.