Daniel Freund @daniel_freund@respublicae.eu

Orban’s office in the Hungarian Parliament.

Knock, Knock.

Who’s there?

Budgetary Control.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1658490270693081089

European Democracy at work.

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@gyorgy_molnar @hadhazyakos Met him many times. He's doing a great job.

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Interesting meeting with the State Audit Office on Day 2

My question:
People around Orban get incredibly rich. How come you don't find any irregularities?

Answer:
We have no evaluation of government performance. We don't know how many cases we've forwarded to the courts.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1658435989977587712

RT @Telexhu: "We agreed that it is unfortunate that Hungary doesn't currently have access to EU funds" – the mayor of the Hungarian capital said. https://telex.hu/english/2023/05/16/budapest-mayor-tells-eu-monitoring-committee-about-government-measures-detrimental-to-capital

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@bkalnoky 🤝

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@bkalnoky Judenverfolgung, Ausweisung von Muslimen, Hinrichtung von Homosexuellen auf dem Scheiterhaufen. Tausende Tote. Herr Kalnoky, wir mögen nicht immer einer Meinung sein. Aber das geht zu weit. Ich blocke sehr selten. Aber wenn das so stehen bleibt, tue ich es.

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Just a hunch, but...
Claiming you did your homework on anti-corruption while insulting European Parliament's Budget Controllers as "inquisitors" (Csaba Dömötör) might not be the smartest negotiation tactic.

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RT @grimmse: If you have a Trojan horse the size of an entire EU country, you gotta put it to work.

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Grim stories but happy faces.

Great exchange with Hungarian Civil Society.

Keep up the good work!

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Day 1 in Budapest:
Listening to the stories of journalists. Unlike the Orban government claims, media freedom is under enormous pressure in Hungary. Systemic discrimination. Government advertising exclusively in pro-government outlets.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1658136367950442497

@zoltanspox @europarl_en Welcome to a functioning democracy where people actually have a say on who the send to Parliament

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👀

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RT @trouwschmidt: This makes it even worse.
Adding to the Hitler remark, Orbán accuses the 'Brussels bureaucrats' of a 'strongly developed Hungarophobia'. https://t.co/ng5thL4nDU

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Arrived in Budapest. Welcomed by a dozen camera teams and those guys with the suitcases.

Nice try. But I don't take bribes.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1658092391415283713

RT @EP_BudgControl: 💶🇭🇺 Protecting the EU budget: today @MHohlmeier, @petrisarvamaa, @larawoltersEU, @daniel_freund, @katka_cseh, @sandor_ronai arrive in Budapest for a fact-finding visit into the management of EU money

🗣️On 17.05 @MHohlmeier will share conclusions in the press conference

⬇️ https://t.co/jqpAwyke4I

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1658054590909018112

"Jourová said that some Hungarian students, teachers or organizations visiting her in Brussels “wish to keep these meetings in secret” and do not want to take pictures with her so “they would not face persecution at home.”"
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/czechia-fumes-after-orban-compares-eu-with-hitlers-plans-2/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1658025567671799813

Also, if Arne - I was not allowed to speak - Gobert wants to talk to me. Here's my email: daniel.freund@ep.europa.eu

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1658015987252228099

"It begins"

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