It has caused a great storm in Hungary that Katarina Barley, one of the vice-presidents of the European Parliament, has received credit for a declaration that she wants to financially starve Hungary and Poland. It turned out that this was not said in the interview in question, they translated the words of the German Social Democratic politician, for which the newspaper in question also apologized.

German radio Deutshlandfunk has a separate page where they correct their own mistakes, saying that they may be wrong about them too, but transparency is very important to them. Here it was reported that the statements attributed to Katarina Barley were not made. In fact, Barley did not say that Hungary and Poland, but that Viktor Orbán and his “friends” should go hungry, that is, deprived of EU money.

The British-German Social Democratic politician posted his opinion on the matter to 24.hu:

“The European Union is built on the values ​​of democracy and the rule of law. The Fidesz government of Viktor Orbán, together with more and more governments, is undermining the fundamental values ​​of the European Union at the systemic level. It is in the interests of all EU citizens values ​​while providing their friends with EU money “

Katarina Barley wrote. She also added that Viktor Orbán is misleading not only European taxpayers but also the Hungarian people, so a working EU mechanism is needed. He confirmed that the European Parliament will insist on this.

The issue sheds light on a very important issue, on which depends the fate of the next seven-year budget and the EU Reconstruction Fund. The Hungarian Prime Minister has made it clear that if such a system of conditions is introduced into law, the Hungarian government will veto it. And Charles Michel, President of the European Council, spoke shortly after midnight today, after the first day of the EU summit, that there are still “sensitive issues” to be resolved in the coming weeks.

Following Katarina Barley’s tacit statement, the Hungarian international government spokesperson specifically denigrated the German politician. Kovács asked the On twitterif you want to use the German knowledge acquired during the Warsaw, Leningrad or Stalingrad famine. After the correction, Zoltán Kovács has another tweet-am he missed the apology, saying he changed the text of the interview. “We are concerned about the freedom of the German press,” said the ever-vigilant government spokesman.



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