Hungarian parties reactions about EC President Von der Leyen

The “only correct path” for the next president of the European Commission is “to do everything to protect the external borders of the European Union”, Hungarian MEP Tamás Deutsch said in the European parliamentary hearing of Ursula von der Leyen, the candidate for the post, on Tuesday.

Fidesz

The European Union must stop migration through control of the external borders, respect national identities under the EU treaties, and continue subsidies to central and eastern union members at the current level, Deutsch, a deputy of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, said.

“We expect the new head of the European Commission to appreciate and support efforts by members aimed at protecting the community’s external borders,” he said.

Deutsch said that the EU’s regional and rural development funds, and direct farm subsidies were “investments aimed at regional cohesion” rather than “alms to less developed member states”. The next budget of the EU “should not punish but support central Europe” whose countries are “developing and closing the gap at a higher than average rate”, he insisted.

Momentum

Katalin Cseh, MEP of the Momentum party, called on the EU to “stop overlooking the Hungarian prime minister’s populism”. She insisted that the community should step up against “those working to destroy the EU” and ensure that the EU “is a unified, prosperous and safe community based on (shared) values”.

Jobbik

Jobbik MEP Marton Gyöngyösi said that the candidate’s being interviewed in the EP indicates that the EU “has not learnt from the earlier mistakes” and “fails to take into consideration” the community’s opinion on the spitzenkandidat system.