Intensification of disputes between the European Commission and the Parliament over Hungary/complaint from “Von der Leyen”
| The European Commission, which needs Hungary's support on the eve of the upcoming elections in this union, has released some of the blocked budget for this country, which caused dissatisfaction in the parliament, and this organization has announced that it wants to file a complaint against the commission. |
In this way, the dispute over the rule of law in Hungary is intensifying in the European Union. On Tuesday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg threatened to sue the EU Commission in Brussels after it released €10 billion of Budapest Community funding in December despite widespread concerns about the rule of law in the country. .
Daniel Freund, the representative of the Greens in the European Parliament in X (formerly Twitter), said that the parliamentary negotiators have agreed to take the necessary measures to address this action of the European Union Commission. Freund announced: We will file a complaint against the release of 10 billion euros for Hungary on behalf of the European Commission.
Freund spoke of a “dirty deal”. The European Parliament is of the opinion that Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, has not made the necessary amendments to the Constitution. For this reason, the EU Commission was not allowed to release this budget. On the other hand, the officials of this European institution have announced that Hungary has passed several reviews of the rule of law.
This conflict is politically very dangerous and acute. In December, Hungary threatened to veto Ukraine’s EU accession talks. After the EU budget was released, Orban surprisingly abstained from voting. Shortly thereafter, he blocked planned financial aid for Ukraine.
A 50 billion euro bailout for Ukraine is scheduled to be approved at a special summit of European leaders on February 1. The European Commission and Germany are trying to persuade Orban to give the green light for this purpose. The dispute over the budget is very unpleasant for the president of the European Commission.
Von der Leyen personally fought for the release of the controversial €10 billion blocked for Hungary. Before the European elections, he can even promise Hungary billions more. He also needs Viktor Orbán’s vote to re-elect himself as the head of the Commission.
Some European Parliament members such as “Guy Verhofstadt”, the former prime minister of Belgium, have already threatened that Von In line and his commission will have a vote of no confidence in this matter. However, the majority of the parliament does not want to go that far. He has threatened to take this issue to the European Court of Justice.
At the same time, there is an effort in the European Parliament to put pressure on the European Council – the representation of member states. MEPs from several political groups are calling for the initiation of a so-called Article 7 procedure to deprive Hungary of its right to vote in the Council. All 26 other EU countries must agree to this.
The relevant resolution is supposed to be approved on Thursday in Strasbourg. However, the details of this plan are still being negotiated.
Hungary will assume the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union from July 1st. Many MPs are worried that Orbán will be able to gain more power in the European Union after that.
The representatives of the European Parliament want a legal review of the release of the EU budget to Hungary.
This is from the draft. The resolution comes after Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Greens and Leftists agreed on Tuesday in Strasbourg. This text instructs the Committee on Legal Affairs to prepare possible proceedings before the European Court of Justice (ECJ). reserves the right to take further political and legal actions. This could include, for example, a vote of no confidence, which, if successful, would force the Commission to resign.
Members of the European Parliament criticized the budget liberalization and accused EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of It allows itself to be blackmailed by Hungary.
The EU Commission has been accusing Hungary of undermining the EU’s basic standards and values for years. This European institution has initiated a number of infringement cases and taken Hungary to the European Supreme Court several times.
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