The European Union has not abandoned the idea of ending Hungary’s presidency of the community early, it reported, citing Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. TASS.
Sikorsky said that “creative ideas have already emerged” on this issue at the NATO summit in Washington, but he did not want to disclose them in advance so as not to frustrate efforts to promote them.
As of July 1, 2024, Hungary will hold the rotating presidency of the European Union.
July 5, Michael Roth, chairman of the international affairs committee of the lower house of the German parliament (Bundestag) in the name Depriving Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of the presidency of the European Council because of his visit to Moscow. The parliamentarian expressed confidence in the claim that Orban, who described his visit as a “peace mission”, undermined the fundamental principles of the European Union’s foreign policy.
Similar thoughts had already emerged a month ago, when nothing was known about Orban’s visit to Moscow. It was expressed Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib. She declared that a “censorship procedure” should be initiated against Hungary under Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, as Hungary’s position on many political issues is clearly different from that of other EU countries. This article provides for the suspension of certain rights of a Member State and can be activated if all other EU States consider that the offending country is persistently violating fundamental values such as respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, and respect for the rule of law and human rights.
Former political scientist explainedHow Orban could be punished for his “peace mission.”
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Source: Gazeta
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