Hungary has been ruled since 2010 by ultraconservative, nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who speaks of practicing “illiberal democracy” and maintains cooperative relations with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
The European Parliament has approved a proposal that judges that Viktor Orbán’s Hungary is no longer a true democracy, calling it a “hybrid regime of parliamentary autocracy”.
The MEPs meeting in Strasbourg voted in favor with 433 votes (123 against, 28 abstentions) on the proposal of the French MEP of the party Europe Ecology The Greens Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield.
Hungary has been ruled since 2010 by ultraconservative, nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who speaks of practicing “illiberal democracy” and maintains cooperative relations with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
“Things have evolved dramatically” in Hungary in recent years, said Gwendolyn Delbos-Corfield during the debate in the European Parliament, adding that “the independence of the judiciary is little likely in both Hungary and Poland».
“We know that the one receiving the European funds is Orbán’s family”, the MEP continued, also denouncing “the limitations of parliamentary rights“, the monitoring of journalists, government control over universities, the inflammatory law for the LGBTI+ community, which are similar to “Putin’s laws”, but also the tightening of conditions for abortion.
If Hungary were a candidate for EU membership today, it would not be possible, it would not meet the admission criteria, this is the sad finding of the proposal, said Fabien Keller (Renew Europe).
In 2018, the European Parliament launched an infringement procedure against Hungary with the question of a flagrant violation of European values (Article 7 of the Treaty).
Hungary is also threatened with the withholding of billions of euros from European funds, due to Brussels’ concerns about corruption and the management of public project contracts in Hungary.
The European Commission, which in April activated the mechanism linking the disbursement of European funds to respect for the rule of law, will propose on Sunday to member states to withhold the majority of funds intended for Budapest, European sources said.
But he will make sure to leave one door open for Hungary: the country can avoid sanctions if it properly implements the announced anti-corruption reforms. Member States will have three months to position themselves.
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