Daniel Freund @daniel_freund@respublicae.eu

Hungarian MoFA is partly right: German companies are being blackmailed in Hungary.
But not by "German political forces". They are being blackmailed by the Orban government. With mafia methods.
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Zoltan Kovacs: ❗️Minister Szijjártó: It seems that German companies operating and investing in Hungary are being subjected to very serious political blackmail by certain German political forces. However, it is clear that this attempt at blackmail has ended in complete failure. German… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1681692394599612417 https://t.co/XgoGKOId2Z
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Only 7% of Hungarians think we should buy more Russian gas and oil as a response to the energy crisis. That's 5 points below EU average.
Orban spends so much 💶💶💶 on propaganda. And it doesn't even work.
Source: Eurobarometer https://t.co/IeBMw4VNDH

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Viktor Orban keeps driving his country into further isolation. https://t.co/78RykQwBEP

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RT Jakub Jaraczewski (@j_jaraczewski)
Re ...the Tribunal gives Sejm 3 weeks to submit its observations, as their position is required in such as case. Next hearing: 7 September. With parliamentary elections most likely happening on 15 October, the chances of a recovery fund unlock before the vote grow distant. 8/ https://t.co/OBbKgPytoi

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Hey @hirtv,
Danger of mix-ups!
WILL GRIGGS KERCH BRIDGE https://t.co/VuQ8zKnHQy

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EPPO is a gift that keeps on giving.
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European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO): Five public officials are among 8 suspects arrested in Malta 🇲🇹, in a probe into customs fraud &amp; corruption. On our radar is a suspected scheme to evade customs taxes &amp; duties on the importation of goods from China. Great support from @MaltaPolice.
More: https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/malta-eight-arrested-investigation-customs-fraud-and-corruption-public-officials https://t.co/m7EO9oBNHg
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Re Warm welcome to all my new followers from Wigan 🔥

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P̵u̵t̵i̵n̵ Orban propaganda at its most extreme:
Hungarian "news" station HirTV claims Ukrainians were celebrating the destruction of Crimea bridge in a pub.
Except, it's not Hungarians but fans of Wigan Athletic - chanting "Will Griggs on fire" (sound on).
What a disgrace! https://t.co/DJZ9YLudL4

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RT U.S. Embassy Budapest
As leaders call for new laws to “protect children,” as books are wrapped in cellophane, as bookstores are fined for displaying books, as rainbow benches are defaced – now is the right time for the United States to celebrate LGBT families in Hungary. ➡️ https://hu.usembassy.gov/news-remarks-of-ambassador-david-pressman-u-s-embassy-family-pride-picnic/ https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1681017739060686849 https://t.co/V7qc2aTtFh

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RT Europagruppe GRÜNE 🇪🇺
✅Mit breiter Mehrheit haben wir für strengere Regeln zur Korruptionsbekämpfung im Europäischen Parlament gestimmt. ‼️ Was man auch außerhalb Brüssels wissen sollte: Die deutschen EU-Abgeordneten der #CDU/#CSU haben gegen mehr Transparenz und Rechenschaftspflicht gestimmt!❌ https://t.co/kPyiakOLEf

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"European Parliament has no say on Council Presidency" is something you hear often these days. Sure. But we have an obligation to ensure that EU legislative process lives up to democratic standards.
And we have serious doubts that this will be the case with Hungary at the helm.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1681216307625074688

Hungary completed some sham reforms. Says the Hungarian government. Now they want access to EU money. EU-Commission should know better and not fall for it!
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Judit Varga: I wrote a letter to @dreynders about #Hungary fully delivering on all its commitments under the judicial milestones. After the adoption of the Judicial Package, the commitments were implemented in the judicial system too,thus the @EU_Commission can now disburse money for Hungary.
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RT Steve Peers
Highly inappropriate, in light of continued human rights abuses against migrants -
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/06/tunisia-crisis-black-africans-expelled-libya-border
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Ursula von der Leyen: #TeamEurope is back in Tunis.
We were here together a month ago to launch a new partnership with Tunisia.
And today, we take it forward. https://t.co/fcSJ3Hw1GY
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Orbans Commissioner (Varhelyi) and Meloni. As the enablers of Von der Leyens "migrant deals".
If you're worried about EU moving to the right: It's already happening. Under Von der Leyens watch. https://t.co/wB7lRQs2NH

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RT Franziska Tschinderle
Alle schreien immer irgendwas über Cancel-Culture. Ich frage mich: schreien die auch, wenn Orbán die Unternehmen in seinem Land dazu zwingt, Bücher mit schwulen oder lesbischen Charakteren in Folie einzupacken, also wären sie illegal, obszön oder gefährlich?

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Mausgerutscht. Europa Edition. https://t.co/0eTFx9VYg5

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EU's most corrupt government complains about "lack of monitoring" of EU funds earmarked for Ukraine:
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Zoltan Kovacs: ❗️The Hungarian government rejects the @EU_Commission's demand for an additional €100 billion, including €50 billion for Ukraine, due to concerns about the use of funds and lack of monitoring. The Gov't also highlights the need for Ukraine to guarantee minority rights. Hungary… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1679794081315147776
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Polish MoJ calling the ECJ a "political body" whose rulings "should be ignored".
I do not understand why the EU-Commission has not triggered the rule of law conditionality against Poland yet.
This is unacceptable!
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Notes from Poland 🇵🇱: The CJEU's "so-called ruling has no legal force and should be ignored", says Poland's justice minister. "No external body can order Polish officials to break the constitution."
"It's difficult to treat the CJEU as a court...It's a purely political body" https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2023-07-13/zbigniew-ziobro-orzeczenie-tsue-ws-sedziego-tuleyi-powinno-byc-ignorowane/
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1679827090143674372

Die AfD will für Deutschland Politik machen wie Viktor Orban, sagt Partei-Chef Tino Chrupalla. Ein Autokrat als politisches Vorbild: wenig überraschend. Aber wie sähe es in einem Deutschland mit "ungarischen Verhältnissen aus"?
Ein Thread /1 https://t.co/jBDFU6qiPJ

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1679830928393138177

Re KORRUPTION 1
Die Orban-Regierung ist die korrupteste in der EU. Seit Machtantritt Orbans 2010 sind Milliardenbeträge verschwunden. EU-Gelder wurden veruntreut. Kontrollmechanismen für die Verwendung von Steuergeldern existieren de facto nicht mehr. /2
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/eu-haushalt-ausschuss-ungarn-100.html#:~:text=40%20Milliarden%20Euro%20wegen%20Korruption,Mittel%2C%20das%20die%20Regierung%20versteht.

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