Daniel Freund @daniel_freund@respublicae.eu

"When we hear politicians advocate for appeasement masquerading as peace, let’s be very clear: one man can make peace today. If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends."

- @USAmbHungary

https://telex.hu/english/2023/04/26/us-ambassador-hungarys-policy-of-standing-alone-to-block-high-level-meetings-of-nato-ukraine-committee-untenable

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1651509656919986176

Will be going to Hungary again mid-May. To check if Orban government claim about fulfillment of rule of law milestones is correct. Or not.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1651495342372794368

RT @EddyWax: EU Parliament’s plush pension pot faces €300M hole

My latest
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-pension-pot-face-300-million-euro-hole/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1651480946636382209

🇪🇺

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1651213982806470656

RT @ian_c_johnston: Months after Qatargate shook Brussels the EU is preparing to launch new ethics standards in weeks. But with no new enforcement powers, the body will lack teeth, @daniel_freund, @alemannoEU and others have warned

https://www.ft.com/content/3aaa35da-0a72-4826-9166-aff0faed5868

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1651186307333324800

EU-Commission:
'Ok, Google's best friend. How should we regulate.... ummmm... big corporations?'

Google's best friend:
🥸🤑😎
RT @corporateeurope: 🚨New research from @corporateeurope and @lobbycontrol shows another stunning conflict of interests.

🫣The @EU_Commission has outsourced the evaluation of its merger rules to Google’s best friend.

👉 https://corporateeurope.org/en/2023/04/how-commission-outsourced-its-merger-policy-googles-best-friend

🧵 https://t.co/f13yK6Z4YM

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1651133276201840641

Leider: Wir sind weit entfernt von der Aufarbeitung des Korruptionsskandals.
RT @knut_krohn: Korruptionsskandal in der #EU: Parlament will keine schärferen Lobby-Regeln @daniel_freund https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/korruptionsskandal-in-der-eu-parlament-will-keine-scharferen-lobby-regeln-9718076.html via @Tagesspiegel

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650898018034393088

EU approval rates just jumped up by 10% in France, Germany, Belgium and Czech Republic.

🍻🇪🇺

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650781758596562947

"child protection" in Orban's Hungary.
RT @panyiszabolcs: Hungarian police are gassing high school kids and their teachers who are protesting in front of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s office in Budapest.

Pics: Gabor Banko @444hu

https://444.hu/2023/04/24/eso-aztatja-a-tanartuntetest https://t.co/IbknTXz8pB

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650774664564572160

Claims Hungary makes improvements on the rule of law. Calls free media "fake news" in the same tweet.

Welcome to the world of Zoltan Kovacs.
RT @zoltanspox: "Technical negotiations with the @EU_Commission on the judicial undertakings have been concluded," @JuditVarga_EU announced a significant step in Hungary's efforts to access cohesion and reconstruction funds. Despite fake news and left-wing opposition, Hungary remains committed… https://t.co/8eAzSEDSVk https:…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650759368038596611

RT @hadhazyakos: Heroic policemen pepper-spray protesting teachers and students to protect a "construction cordon" that happens to be right in front of the prime minister's office. #Hungary #protest 📸Gábor Bankó/444.hu https://t.co/riBYx2Rp6q

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650758298080096256

RT @GDelbosCorfield: (1/6) In 🇭🇺, the #Fidesz government is once again attacking freedom of expression & #LGBTIQ rights.

What are these new laws about? https://t.co/Z567llPsu9

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650519977542184965

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Orban government further attacks LGBTIQ people and teachers in Hungary.

Unacceptable!

European Parliament stands UNITED. Together with all pro-European groups we call on Ursula @vonderleyen:

No recovery money for Orban!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650490895899193347

RT @GreensEFA: The Hungarian government is trying to limit teachers’ freedom of expression & further attack the LGBTIQ+ community with new laws.⚠️

We call on the @EU_Commission to act on these developments to protect the #RuleOfLaw, fundamental rights & democracy!

🔗: https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/press/parliament-leaders-write-to-commission-over-draconian-draft-laws-on-teachers-whistleblowing

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650490823224467456

@KonstantinKuhle erstmal @fazbub ;-)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650485170623983622

Left:
reality

Right:
Orban propaganda

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650447113111601153

As alarming as this might sound:
I wouldn't trust a SINGLE word coming from the Orban government.
RT @JuditVarga_EU: Technical #agreement on the judicial package❗️
This morning I had a constructive discussion w/ Justice Commissioner @dreynders. Technical negotiations on the judicial commitments have been concluded. We wait for the decision of the College of Commissioners.
Go, Hungary! 🇭🇺✌🏻

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650445244972912640

If the EU-Commission were serious about protecting democracy and the rule of law there should be ZERO EU funds for the Orban regime.

ZERO!
RT @eublogo: According to various sources, the @EU_Commission & the 🇭🇺government have reached a conditional agreement on the judicial reform that would allow the release of cohesion funds due to #Hungary in 2021-2027. The deal still has to be approved at political level, @nepszava writes 2/1

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650426775946534912

Korruption in der EU gibt es nicht nur Ungarn. Wir müssen den Rechtsstaatsmechanismus noch breiter und häufiger einsetzen. EU-Gelder einfrieren, wenn Europäische Werte gefährdet sind!

Mein Kommentar in der @welt
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article244954932/Rechtsstaatlichkeit-Nukleare-Option-So-will-Europa-kuenftig-Korruption-bekaempfen.html

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1650424953638887424

RT @RasmusAndresen: Dividenden stärker besteuern & Gewinne umverteilen!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1649078138457006082