Focusing on judicial reforms by the @EU_Commission is missing the point. Why?
Orbán's rule is based on systemic corruption, where courts never see a case, litigation isn't possible. The prosecution is the key.
Btw, that's why he commits himself to this theatre, but not to EPPO.
RT @POLITICOEurope: In the latest twist in a months-long standoff between Brussels and Budapest over €7.2 billion in grants from the EU’s post-pandemi…
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Why has then the Hungarian government vetoed at least 3 agreements in the past 3 years between the EU and various African, Carribean & Pacific organizations that was set to reduce illegal migration, @PM_ViktorOrban?
Just asking...
RT @PM_ViktorOrban: Finally! We owe a big thank you to @GiorgiaMeloni and the new Italian government for protecting the borders of Europe. #GrazieGiorgia https://t.co/llTz5XO2xi
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In a debate at the foreign affairs committee of @europarl_en on post-war reconstruction of Ukraine I argued for a treaty-based model that declares Russia's responsibility for the war & obliges Russia to pay full reparations for damages by seizing its state & private assets abroad
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@zoltanspox @schmidtmariaHU @PM_ViktorOrban That's quite a statement about @PM_ViktorOrban, who once said "never look at what I say but what I do". Mind you, neither is too gratifying.
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@stefanobottoni1 Two further data from the same polster:
1. >80% of Fidesz voters are against sanctions;
2. The least educated oppose sanctions the most.
Everyone is welcome to draw any conclusion they please..
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@euronewshu Kétségtelen tény, hogy szélsőjobboldali pozícióból minden baloldalinak tűnik.
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Dear @JuditVarga_EU, you took the wrong flight and landed in the wrong city to deliver your uplifting message. A Russian withdrawal from Ukraine would make everyone's wish come true. Orbán is best placed to pass that on to his master.
RT @JuditVarga_EU: 🇺🇸Hello New York! Our important message to the US: let there be #peace!
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As in 1956, Hungary once again has to choose between two worlds: Eastern suppression, despotism, corruption and Western democracy, pluralism, freedom.
The heroes of 1956 gave a clear and uncompromising answer, we shall remember their sacrifice and follow their guidance.
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In my contribution @europarl_en I stressed:
• We can only win the war if we stop the aggressor
• Sanctions don't work if Russia can circumvent them
• It's time to levy sanctions on countries that trade or cooperate
with Russia in building its high-tech military arsenal
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Despite the total size of its national armies, weapons systems & defense budgets, the EU is powerless.
We can't depend on the US forever to guarantee our security and defend our citizens.
It's time to consider a common European army.
See my intervention @europarl_en 👇
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@h_david_baer Modern nationalists tend to forget that France and Britain have been par excellence empires until the recent past, hence anything but nation states.
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@h_david_baer This is why for most Europeans "Heimat" (homeland with its sense of locality) doesn't make sense. And this is why "Vaterland" is a nationalist-ideological oxymoron, as empires by definition cannot be nation states. German federalism is a remarkable & functional accomplishment:)
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1022 yrs ago St Stephen could have continued with his forefathers' politics, but he didn't:
he chose Christianity over paganism; western orientation over east - thus securing Hungary's place in Europe. 🇭🇺
Let us remember St Stephen's wisdom in face of current challenges 👇
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Commemorating victims of Soviet mass deportations at @europarl_en.
Deportation is a crime against humanity, an attempt to annihilate entire nations. We remember, but also condemn Russia's aggression against the Ukraine and deportation of Ukrainians today.
#RememberTheirNames
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Critics opposing Parliament's right to initiate legislation have a vested interest in maintaining weak EU institutions prone to national vetoes, blackmails and opt-outs. Time to change this anachronism and absurdity.
See my speech at the latest @europarl_en plenary 👇
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@rajpadhiyar_ Thank you, very kind and thoughtful of you:)
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@MurphyPeterN @AFP If Orbán would be half as effective at representing Hungary's interests as Russia's, we could be successful country.
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@katka_cseh Given the EU's inclination for continuous appeasement I would propose a compromise: let Patriarch Kirill travel into the EU via the Druzhba pipeline:)
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@EuroSandor This is precisely why Orbán's position is nonsense and why staying out of European cooperation is dangerous for Hungary. There is zero guarantee that Russian gas & oil will tranzit through Bulgaria or Ukraine, or Rosatom will ever build Paks II without EU-compatible technology.
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@benson_karras @Petrine05647629 @europarl_en It certainly is thanks to cheap and accessible fossil fuels, and powerful oil, gas & nuclear lobbies of the past. But the technology is there and certainly worth investing in.
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