For the European Parliament, the rule of law in Hungary has deteriorated to the point where the country has become a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy”. The statement was made in a resolution adopted today. 433 deputies gathered in Strasbourg voted in favor, 123 against and 28 abstaining.
In other words, the document claims that Hungary is no longer a true democracy. The long 48-page European Parliament resolution “deeply regrets that, as relevant indicators show, the lack of decisive action by the European Union (EU) has contributed to the erosion of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary”.
Since 2010, Hungary has been ruled by 59-year-old ultra-conservative nationalist Viktor Orbán, who maintains cooperative ties with Vladimir Putin’s Russia. The controversial head of state even received a visit from Jair Bolsonaro in February this year after the Brazilian president visited Moscow.
Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, in a debate in the European Parliament on Wednesday 14th, said “things have changed drastically” in Hungary in recent years, particularly stressing that “the independence of justice is as unlikely in Hungary as it is in Poland”. “We know that Orbán’s own family enjoys European funding,” he continued, also stressing restrictions on parliamentary rights, spying on journalists, government control over universities, and a notorious law “similar to Putin’s laws” against LGBT+ people and tightening conditions for abortion. to highlight.
The document urges European institutions to “pay more attention to the systematic overthrow of the rule of law” in the country.
The press service of the European Parliament stressed that “Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy”.
The resolution requests the Council of Europe to “make recommendations to Hungary as soon as possible and ask the country to comply with all sanctions and recommendations adopted”.
The MEPs also urged the European Commission to “make full use of the available tools to deal with the clear risk that Hungary will seriously violate the values on which the Union is based”.
blocking of funds
According to the decision, Hungary should not receive funding for post-pandemic recovery if it does not comply with EU recommendations on the rule of law and court rulings. The EU has adopted the so-called Conditionality Mechanism, from which each country in the bloc can receive resources for its recovery only if it respects the rule of law within itself.
In 2018, the European Parliament had already sued Hungary for “the risk of a massive breach of European values” (Article 7 of the Treaty) that could deprive the country of its right to vote in the Council.
(with information from AFP)
source: Noticias
