Conflict in View: The European Commission should remove the Hungary “Transparency Act” program
AdvertisementA Authority It is needed Hangry Remove A controversial bill designed to control the foreign funding of volunteers and the mediaIn a new political campaign against foreign intervention.
Critics fear that the Hungarian Bill, titled “Transparency of Public Life” presented in Parliament on May 13, Victor Orbon Widespread forces to suppress the newspapers and critical voices of civil society.
If the government considers that national sovereignty is a threat to the national sovereignty, the authorities will allow the media to register a list of the NGOs funded by foreigners and the media. More fines are imposed in cases where funds from foreign sources continue.
A spokesman for a European Commission said that the administrator knows the bill and is monitoring the evolution of its evolution: “If the Commission is very concerned about the project, it will be severely violated by the EU’s policies and laws.
“The role of the Commission is of great importance to the role of civil society, and is still committed to protecting the independence of the association and promoting the entire European Union’s favorable environment,” the spokesman added.
The law was created by the European Commission last year that the European Commission had filed an appeal against Hungary in the European Union’s court, which creates a “sovereign office”, which violates social law.
This week, the MEPS team urged the European Commission to stop the EU financial assistance to Hungary with the immediate practice of Prime Minister Victor Arban’s government over the rule of law.
The letter, published on Tuesday, addressed the European Commissioner for the Budget, Pyotr Serafin and CCMISV for Democracy and Justice, Michael McGrath, and signed 26 Moo in five different political groups.
Euronevas contacted the Hungary government to comment on the issue.
Hungary is not ready to retreat in law
The bill is part of the Victor Arban cleaning campaign announced by the Prime Minister in March. Party in power, the FitzIt argues that foreign actors, such as the USAIT and the European Commission, intervene in Hungarian policy by funding NGOs and Social Relations Organizations.
“In the end, the Hungary’s Transparency Act is not only a legal instrument, but also a clear political statement: Hungarian democracy is responsible for the Hungarian people,” said the Meps Tamas Taich and Fitz King Call.
According to the government, in 2022, opposition politicians used millions of dollars foreign funding to campaign against the government. Hungarian Foreign Minister Briter Cijjarte said that after a recent debate in the European Parliament on Hungary, the government was not ready to retreat in law.
“It is right for them to worry, but for the wrong reason,” they should not worry about the law of transparency, but by foreign intervention in the political life of a EU country. “
MEPs and NGOs need action in the program
Last weekend, Tens of thousands of Hungiers protested the project on the streets of Budapestin. On Wednesday, the European Parliament staged a debate on the development of Hungary’s latest law. Many MEPs appealed to the European Commission’s action. Speaking to Euronevs, the European Parliament of the European Parliament, Dynec Stick, said the law is “a copy of foreign agents.” If the European Court adopts the law, it can be repealed.
“The law cannot be suspended by the European Commission, but the court can address it immediately and ask for an immediate action to be suspended, because a process is already underway in the sovereign security law, and the court is analyzing the case,” says Strik.
“But what the commission can do is say there is a urgency, so I ask you to take a temporary action to avoid irreversible damage,” the Dutch MEF says.
More than 80 newspapers and social communication organizations throughout the European Union have signed a letter of protest against the law, claiming that Hungary will further control freedom of expression.
On Thursday, 320 civil society organizations issued a letter appealed to the European Commission to take immediate action. Ask the president Ursula van der lane The European Union’s judge’s immediate request to provide temporary measures in the current violation is, which publicly open the Hungarian government to withdraw the law and open the new violation process if Hungary denies the demands.
EU ministers must discuss the use of the sanctions issued in Article 7 of the Joint Banking 7th, when the EU ministers meet in the context of the alleged regime of law in Hungary. Public Affairs Council in Brussels.
