A group of 63 European Parliament lawmakers has asked the EU to withdraw Hungary’s voting rights in the bloc, in response to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s recent visits to Moscow and Beijing.
Orban met U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump last week and earlier travelled to Ukraine, then Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin Moscow and Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, on a self-styled “peace mission” to end the war in Ukraine.
Hungary took over the rotating EU presidency this month, and is responsible for organising meetings of EU countries - collectively known to as the “council” of the EU - until Dec. 31.
The lawmakers said Orban had deliberately implied he was acting on behalf of the entire EU, despite not having the authority to do this.
“Prime Minister Orban has already caused significant damage by exploiting and abusing the role of the Council Presidency,” said the letter.
Watch the EPP come out and protect the autocrats.
The EU needs to discuss about the veto process in view on Hungary, but this is stupid and undemocratic.
Can’t do anything, Council has to vote unanimously for Article 7 and Fico from Slovakia will save his ass. This process is ongoing since 2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_7_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union#Use_against_Hungary
Also EU parliament has 720 members. 63 is less than 10%…
Listen, we got to turn up our fascism a notch to fight the fascists whose fascism is a bit more blatant than ours. I mean, did anybody outside the EU believe Orban was acting on behalf of the EU on his trips? I don‘t think so.