ER Editor: We have to say that on some level this is all theatre to wake people up, and to expose those asshats supposedly representing ‘democracy’. An ongoing sting operation if you will. We have a sneaking suspicion that von der Leyen is no longer around.
A delightful reminder —
Could Orban take over the EU Council?
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EU Parliament calls to strip Hungary of voting rights in rule-of-law clash
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It’s the latest salvo in a yearslong standoff between the Parliament — which successfully triggered a similar and still ongoing procedure in 2018 — and Hungary’s self-styled “illiberal” leader Viktor Orbán, who is accused of riding roughshod over democratic values and the independence of the judicial system, and who has held up fresh EU funding for war-hit Ukraine. (ER: So the money-laundering operation of taxpayer money to the bankrupt deep state in Ukraine cannot go on indefinitely.)
Hungarian liberal lawmaker Katalin Cseh said in a statement:
“This House shows that we are serious when it comes to defending the rule of law in our Union and that we are not afraid of Prime Minister Orbán’s blackmailing attempts. The Commission will now have to face the consequences for selling out our EU values.”
Earlier Orbán accused MEPs of wanting to “strip people of their rights to make decisions on their future,” he said on X. “What an anti-democratic position!”
The MEPs’ move has no legal effect as it is not down to the European Parliament to take such a measure, but it sends a political signal to the other EU institutions about the extent of unhappiness with MEPs about Orbán’s backsliding on the rule of law, and how little is being done by the EU to address it. 120 MEPs had already signed a widely circulated but equally nonbinding petition calling for the same measure.
The Parliament’s move comes days before an EU leaders’ summit in February where the Commission and EU countries are hoping to coax Hungary into reversing its opposition to release EU funding for war-hit Ukraine.
MEPs also demanded exploring the possibility of taking the EU’s executive to the Court of Justice of the European Union outraged at its decision to unfreeze some €10 billion for Hungary. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week told MEPs the move was justified — though she riled up some MEPs by leaving before the debate finished. The Parliament’s legal affairs committee, in tandem with the Parliament’s legal service, will now have to examine the feasibility of launching such a case, in which as a first step the Court would be asked to check the legality of the Commission’s unfreezing of funds.
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