Complaint of the European Parliament against the Commission for allegedly ransoming Hungary

According to the report of Tasnim International News Group, citing the “Spiegel” weekly newspaper, the European Parliament, headed by Roberta Metsula, accuses the European Union Commission of wrongly allocating billions of funds to Budapest and complaining about this issue. takes it to the European Court of Justice, especially this complaint against Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Union Commission.

According to Spiegel Weekly, this is a rare and remarkable event that the European Parliament has rejected the European Union Commission. Europe and Ursula von der Leyen have sued Hungary over the controversial budget release. This news was confirmed by the spokesperson of the Speaker of the Parliament, Roberta Mtsula, after her meeting with the heads of the parliamentary groups in Strasbourg. Europe voted yes in Luxembourg. Spiegel already reported on the project in January, and now the issue has become clearer.

The European Commission announced that it will defend its decision in the Supreme Court. A spokesperson of this institution believes that the commission has acted in accordance with EU laws because Hungary had provided all the evidence required by the commission regarding the independence of the judiciary. Hungary, the European Commission recently released the frozen EU budget worth about ten billion euros for this country. The Parliament wants to use this petition to clarify the legality of this decision.

It is not a normal situation for the European Union Parliament to take a complaint against the Commission to the European Supreme Court. The European Parliament, of course, sued von der Leyen and his team in 2021 because they did not initially implement new rules to punish violations of the rule of law in EU countries. However, the European Parliament withdrew the petition after it began using the so-called constitutional provisions against Hungary in April 2022. The law allows for the freezing of EU funds intended for Hungary if there is a risk of funds being misused due to violations of the rule of law.

Katarina Barley, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament The European Union told SPIEGEL about this: Once again, it is the European Parliament that protects the rule of law in this union. According to SPIEGEL, the EPP and the leader of its parliamentary group, Manfred Weber, made this request in This group did not object. The lawsuit targets EU Commission President von der Leyen, who is said to have engineered the deal with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Europe EPP was introduced as a candidate for the second term of the presidency of the Commission. EPP circles said opposing the lawsuit could be misconstrued as supporting Orban.

It is unclear how successful the lawsuit will be. In a recent report, the Parliament’s legal service did not reach a clear conclusion in this regard. First, Parliament must prove that the Commission erred in making its decision, the article says. Accordingly, the commission can be expected to “present a strong defense” and rely on its discretion. On the other hand, critics of the decision to file a complaint fear that this action will allow Orban to continue his show him as a victim of the political struggles of the parliament. In addition, if this lawsuit fails, the Parliament will face significant damage to its image.

The representatives of the European Parliament – including members of the German government parties criticized the release of funds for Hungary at that time and Von der Leyen was accused of allowing himself to be blackmailed by Hungary. Orban had previously announced that he would prevent the start of EU accession talks with Ukraine and the billion-dollar EU aid package to the country attacked by Russia.

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