“The European Parliament has moved towards extremism, transgressing the most fundamental democratic rules and attacking even the European Commission for negotiating with Hungary on certain issues,” Balazs Hidveghi, an MEP of ruling Fidesz told public radio on Sunday.
He pointed out that it was detrimental to European cooperation that “the EP refuses to accept that Hungary’s position is different from theirs on the hottest issues such as the war or aid to Ukraine, or moral topics like LGBT propaganda and child protection.”
He suggested that differing views should be tolerated, adding that threatening Hungary with stripping the country of its voting rights in the EU “beats everything”. “The European Parliament’s resolution condemning Hungary – which was also voted for by MEPs from the Hungarian dollar Left – is merely a form of pressure, and partly a campaign rhetoric,” he said. He…
