Hungary’s populist-nationalist prime minister — who has frequently clashed with the EU on LGBTQ+ rights, Russian sanctions and Ukraine’s EU accession — suffered a series of defeats in the Legal Affairs Committee, which ruled that MEPs representing opposition movements in Hungary should be shielded from prosecution in Budapest.
With national elections less than a year away, Hungarian prosecutors have moved against several government critics: Opposition leader Péter Magyar faces charges linked to a nightclub scuffle, left-wing Democratic Coalition leader Klára Dobrev is being prosecuted for defamation and Italian activist-turned-MEP Ilaria Salis faces renewed detention after being freed from jail in Budapest after her election last year.
But all three, who also serve as European lawmakers in Brussels, had their legal immunities protected in Tuesday’s high-stakes vote of JURI Committee members.
PoppedCork on
Was it a fist or open hand?
mad007din on
Orban can dry that few blood drops with the 550mln€ he also gets from the EU
Edit: Word correction. My Swift Keyboard with multiple languages is acting weird lately and doesn’t recognise correctly what language I’m using.
hamstar_potato on
So you protect Orban’s opposition after sending Orban HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS for nothing? Make it make sense.
Gawkhimmyz on
remove vetos from all EU votes, make then 60% super amjority votes instead… give powers from the council and commission to the parliament of EU
SnowGrayMan on
Brussels STOP SUPPORTING THE ORBAN MAFFIA WITH MILLIONS OF EUROS. Orban just spent 150.000 euro this week on Meta ads. Why do you want to ruin our lives? Why can’t you support Magyar Péter?
Szabolcs85 on
Ooooh, you haven’t seen nothing yet. What is simmering in Hungary at the moment may turn out to be one of the biggest child abuse scandals of recent history. And it reaches up to the highest echelons of Orbán’s mafia. If Brussels gave Orbán a bloody nose, this is about to give him a broken femur.
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Hungary’s populist-nationalist prime minister — who has frequently clashed with the EU on LGBTQ+ rights, Russian sanctions and Ukraine’s EU accession — suffered a series of defeats in the Legal Affairs Committee, which ruled that MEPs representing opposition movements in Hungary should be shielded from prosecution in Budapest.
With national elections less than a year away, Hungarian prosecutors have moved against several government critics: Opposition leader Péter Magyar faces charges linked to a nightclub scuffle, left-wing Democratic Coalition leader Klára Dobrev is being prosecuted for defamation and Italian activist-turned-MEP Ilaria Salis faces renewed detention after being freed from jail in Budapest after her election last year.
But all three, who also serve as European lawmakers in Brussels, had their legal immunities protected in Tuesday’s high-stakes vote of JURI Committee members.
Was it a fist or open hand?
Orban can dry that few blood drops with the 550mln€ he also gets from the EU
Edit: Word correction. My Swift Keyboard with multiple languages is acting weird lately and doesn’t recognise correctly what language I’m using.
So you protect Orban’s opposition after sending Orban HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS for nothing? Make it make sense.
remove vetos from all EU votes, make then 60% super amjority votes instead… give powers from the council and commission to the parliament of EU
Brussels STOP SUPPORTING THE ORBAN MAFFIA WITH MILLIONS OF EUROS. Orban just spent 150.000 euro this week on Meta ads. Why do you want to ruin our lives? Why can’t you support Magyar Péter?
Ooooh, you haven’t seen nothing yet. What is simmering in Hungary at the moment may turn out to be one of the biggest child abuse scandals of recent history. And it reaches up to the highest echelons of Orbán’s mafia. If Brussels gave Orbán a bloody nose, this is about to give him a broken femur.