Ákos Péter Bod and renowned Hungarian economists jointly protest against Orbán’s veto



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When the Hungarian government struggles to avoid having to comply with the conditions of the rule of law and legal certainty, it not only prevents the European Union from taking vital solidarity action in the current world situation, but also acts against long-term development. term of the Hungarian economy.

– write to renowned Hungarian economists in a statement posted on Telex. The petition protests against the budget veto of the governments of Hungary and Poland.

The declaration Péter Bihari, Ákos Péter Bod, Attila Chikán, Mária Csanádi, Péter Felcsuti ,dóra Győrffy, Júlia Király, Mihály Laki, Tamás Mellár, Zoltán Nagy, Gábor Oblath, Éva Palócz, Mária Zita Petschnig, Dániel PrinzY Andrew close-up notes that, in addition to them, 57 joined the petition as supporters on Sunday afternoon.

As they write, “the behavior of the Polish and Hungarian governments is extremely detrimental to European cohesion policy and, above all, to the stabilization of the economic situation of their own citizens.” According to them, the Polish and Hungarian vetoes would affect the citizens of the two countries twice: on the one hand, the Hungarian economy could not reach the EU subsidies and, on the other hand, violations of the rule of law could lead to “ long-term economic damages because they can count on legal security, a wide margin for corrupt practices ”.

The essence of this veto is that Hungary and Poland will not accept the adoption of the EU budget and the rescue package of 750 billion euros, as long as it includes a mechanism to suspend financial aid to countries that violate the rule of law.

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