Council European Union, Representing its Member States, it currently does not intend to intervene in the matter. Despite concerns over Budapest’s rule of law problems, the institution’s Hungarian presidency in 2024 and doubts that the European Parliament can exercise a credible presidency given these shortcomings.
“The issue was not raised or discussed in the General Affairs Council, it was not on the agenda, but as I said, we have a rotating presidency in accordance with the Treaties and I hope any presidency represents the entire Council and all Member States,” said Sweden, whose country currently holds the presidency of the institution. Jessika Roswall, Minister for European Affairs.
it is planned that Hungary Assume this role from June 1 to December 31, 2024This means that he has to manage the negotiations between the Twenty-seven in different files and the european room will vote on a resolution next Thursday It questions whether the country can “credibly” fulfill this task given that it “does not comply with European law” and respects the principle of sincere cooperation.
According to the draft that EFE has made available, despite the MEPs calling on the Council to find a solution “as soon as possible” and warning that they may take action otherwise, neither the Council nor European Commission For now, they’ve discussed the issue. “We have not yet discussed this in the Commission and we will act in accordance with the Treaty,” said Vera Jourova, Community Executive Vice President, but the decision on the presidency corresponds to the States.
All this, the ministers today Problems with the independence of the judiciary, the fight against corruption or the independence of the media in Hungary this led to the opening of a European dossier and in a parallel process the freezing of recovery funds and the community budget for Budapest.
The Swedish minister noted that some of the recent reforms by Viktor Orbán’s government “are steps in the right direction, but there are still problems and it is up to Hungary to make further progress”.
Twenty-seven European Affairs heads also discussed the situation today. Poland, Also open for years. European dossier on the independence of the judiciaryIt may eventually end with the revocation of voting rights, but so far little progress has been made.
“There are some positive developments, but overall it continues to raise serious concerns.”
Jourova also said the Commission conveyed to the Polish government its “concern” about the creation of a new commission to investigate Russian influence in Poland, as this could affect the likelihood of some people being elected to public office without a fair trial. . “We are analyzing this, (…) but I can assure you that we will not hesitate to take immediate action if necessary,” said the community vice president.
The commission will investigate Russian influence on Polish governments from 2007 to 2022 and punishableretroactive, with a fine and disqualification of up to ten yearsTo people who acted under the influence of Moscow.