A group of Eurodiputados asking the European Commission to exclude Hungary from the European Union funds
propagandaA group of Eurodiputados asked the European Commission to freeze the financing of the European Union for Hungary With an immediate effect Because of the supposed The sovereignty of the law By a government Victor Urban. The message, addressed to the Budget Commissioner, Piotr Serafin, Democracy and Justice Commissioner, Michael McGrath, signed by 26 Eurodiputados from five groups Various politicians.
We, 26 deputies in the European Parliament, wrote to express us Deep anxiety For recent events in Hungary. We urge the European Commission on This increases pressure About a government Victor Urban To stop violating the values and laws of the European Union immediately, all the funding of the European Union for Hungary in accordance with the legislation in force to protect the financial interests of the Union. “
The message remembers that the committee is currently keeping it 18,000 million euros To Hungary, through many of the mechanisms that were activated in December 2022, mainly, “due to general corruption” already “” serious violations of the rule of law by the government. “
Unfortunately, since December 2022 decisions, Hungary has not made great progress towards compliance with the circumstances and/or the features stipulated, but on the contrary, I witnessed the opposite. New setbacks warn of dangerThe message indicates.
The message quotes Four major issuesAmong them is the direct intervention of the government in the work of the Hungarian Integrity Authority, which undermines the independence of the judiciary, which led to a protest against the Hungarian Judges Association, and the ban on gay pride in Budapest and the approval of the “Law of Defense of the Sword”.
The message indicates that this law, which was approved in 2023, allows an investigation to use foreign funds to influence voters and is considered a tool Against critics From the government. In addition to this law, the Hungarian Parliament is currently discussing a bill that may include in the list and fine of the media and NGOs funded by foreign funds.
The siege on the funds results in a financial interest of the European Union, according to the items
The signatories of the message show Police mechanism From the rule of law in the European Union as a way to reduce financing in the event of these violations. This mechanism is already It was previously used against Hungary. “Given the cross and global nature of modern government attacks, it should be now more clear than All financing From the European Union to Hungary, in all budget lines, a High risk. Therefore, we consider that the freezing of all funds is commensurate with the risks they assume for the financial interests of the Union, “he writes meps.
Of Signers From the message, there are lawmakers of the PPE, S&D, VERDES/ALE group, RNEW Europe and the left, including some major situations such as Monika Hohlmeier and Jean-Marc Germain, Coponers on the Police of Law Pollement; Daniel Fronund, joint head of the Intergroup anti -corruption group; Mauritz Corner, the alternative course on the police sovereignty of the Budget Committee; Tineke Strik, Hungary’s spokesman, and Nickels Herbst, Chairman of the Parliament Budget Monitoring Committee.
The committee appears to be open to discuss the new discounts
Last week, tens of thousands of people protested in Budapest against a project TransparencyWhich, according to the opposition, is a Russian tool similar Critics of silence. On Wednesday afternoon, the European Parliament celebrated an urgent discussion about this, as many Eurodiputados urged the European Commission to take immediate measures.
In his response, the Commissioner for Democracy and Justice, Michael McGrath, said that the committee is ready to defend Basic values and rights From the union, even by using a greater condition of the police mechanism for the rule of law to allow financial discounts.
“The committee is studying its approach to the following multicultural financial framework, and we had a New discussion In this regard at yesterday’s meeting by Colgio de Commissioner. This included looking at the role of policewoman and respecting the rule of law in this regard. “
Members of the ruling party in Hungary, FideszIn the discussion of the European Parliament, they stressed that preserving sovereignty and reducing foreign interference in Hungarian policy was of national importance. EURDIPUTA CSABA DöMötör, Brussels, was accused of funding a network of left -wing activists to interfere in politics.
“Say what they say, what we have here has nothing to do with civil society. Civil society is organized from the land, but these activists have been funded through the great alliance from here, or with the help of the open society or the American Agency for International Development.” New Transparency The Hungarian, which was announced in the framework of the “clean” spring work It can be approved By the Hungarian Parliament In the coming weeks.
