🇪🇺⚖️🇭🇺 I can now happily zoom out of Poland for a bit because the Commission has finally launched an infringement procedure against Hungary concerning the highly problematic Defence of National Sovereignty (should be: of The Proud Turkic Magyar Nation That Defies All) law introduced last year. 1/
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Hungarian government recipe to access EU funds without real rule of law compliance: Trick #1 Legal Amendment, but No Actual Change Trick #2 Say One Thing, Do Another Trick #3 Compliance on Paper Only
The European Commission might unfreeze Hungary's access to EU funds, following adoption of its judicial reform package. ANDRÁS KÁDÁR and ERIKA FARKAS from @hungarianhelsinki.bsky.social on the tricks the Hungarian government has played to avoid real compliance. verfassungsblog.de/trick-and-tr...
Almost a year has passed since the European Union decided to block the payment of EUR 27 billion in union funds to Hungary under several instruments. Access to the largest part of the frozen funds - a...
The joint flash analysis by HHC and Amnesty HU on last week's makeshift proposals to fulfil judicial super milestones shows that they fall short of compliance and are likely to create new obstacles to implementing EU law. helsinki.hu/en/flash-ana...
Less than one week before the scheduled decision on compliance with the judicial super milestones by the European Commission, the Hungarian government launched last-minute legislative amendments to co...
The proposed Defence of Sovereignty Law, now in Hungary's Parliament, is designed to defend PM Orbán's regime. It is a thinly veiled attempt to deter citizens who are working in the interests of their communities from participating in public life. Our statement: helsinki.hu/en/regime-de...
Fidesz presented a package of laws that are called "defense of sovereignty" but are in fact designed to protect the arbitrary exercise of power.
Hungary should submit the bill on the ‘defence of national sovereignty’ to the Venice Commission, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Hungary say. pace.coe.int/en/news/9289...
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Hungary by PACE, Eerik-Niiles Kross (Estonia, ALDE) and George Papandreou (Greece, SOC), have made the following statement: “We were informed that the Hungar...
Statement today by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic -- Hungary: The proposal for a “defence of national sovereignty” package poses a significant risk to #HumanRightswww.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Strasbourg 27/11/2023
Hungary’s draft Sovereignty Protection Bill will serve as an informal campaign tool at least until the June 2024 EP elections, but its chilling effect on 🇭🇺 civil society can hardly be overestimated. Check-out my analysis at Visegrad Insight 👇 visegradinsight.eu/viktor-orban...
Hungary's draft Sovereignty Protection bill will serve as an informal campaign tool at least until the June 2024 EP elections and will most likely be challenged by the European Commission, but its chi...