Index – National – Rule of law or no rule of law – this is the question here

Judit Varga, Minister of Justice, and Anna Donáth, a temporary member of the European Parliament, discussed mainly the rule of law in the unprecedented live debate between government and opposition. Who wins today? The central theme of the discussion entitled “Brussels Debates on Hungary” was whether the European Union is correctly criticizing the Hungarian government and whether it has the right to withhold EU funds for this reason.

The fact that Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission at Spiegel, described the Hungarian system as a “sick democracy” at Spiegel was a topical issue for debate, before Viktor Orbán asked the Czech politician to resign. Judit Varga commented on the diplomatic coup change as

it was the crossing of a red line that required a very definite response.

Anna Donáth, who governs the rule of law in her own party and therefore has a direct relationship with Věra Jourova, interpreted his words as:

there is no illiberal democracy, but “bad democracy”, so the state of democracy is sick and sick in Hungary today.

Judit Varga opined that there is no clearly defined concept of the rule of law. She added that after 2006 she worked in Brussels as a young lawyer, helping with the work of the Fidesz parliamentarians, among other things, with translations into English, so she is fully aware of the meaning of the English terms.

But no matter how we handle the words, it is a fact that the German government’s proposal to link the next seven-year budget and the allocation of the post-epidemic recovery fund to the rule of law could criminalize breaches of the rule of law. I do not really like.

According to the minister, the project focuses on the rule of law rather than the financial interests of the Union. According to the opposition politician, on the contrary, the rule of law has been undermined. Anna Donáth raised whether the government should not ask why more and more people in Brussels think there is a problem in Hungary. The minister responded by not having to read so many Guardians and Spiegels, and the same politicians deal with it completely differently.

Judit Varga enacted Fidesz’s narrative of compiling her report to the liking of Sargentini’s friends of the balls, and the vote count was also misled. When asked by Donáth why the majority of the European People’s Party, of which Fidesz is a member, adopted the report at that time, the minister explained:

There is a level of liberal dictatorship in Europe, especially the one that comes from the media, that a politician who dares to take his own opinion and not only tells us that in the elevator but it is good for you to be able to speak freely, that’s what your audience does at home. Unfortunately, we live in a world like this whether we like it or not.

From there, the discussion turned to personality. Judit Varga asked if there was an opposition in Brussels to insult her own country, and claimed that the Momentum had conceived a sin, as they had taken the dream of the Hungarian people to hold the Olympic Games in Hungary. Anna Donáth complained that in her opinion, Péter Polt, the chief prosecutor, closed his eyes to the corruption of politicians in a unique way, saying that they were forced to flirt with Ferenc Gyurcsány precisely because of the disease of democracy and the electoral system.

Following the discussion, another Momentum MEP also responded to the Hungarian prime minister’s letter that the government would suspend talks with Věra Jourova. On the community side, Katalin Cseh believes: The government has a duty to negotiate, otherwise it will certainly lose.

Everyone knows when in a board game, one person messes something up, loses, maybe even cheats, then falls down and, ten minutes before the end of the game, kicks the table severely and says to the other: I’m not. playing with you. This came to mind when I read Viktor Orbán’s letter to Ursula von der Leyen asking the chairman of the committee to remove the Commissioner for the Rule of Law.

Such behavior is not pleasant in board games either, but it is clearly unacceptable in politics, Katalin Cseh emphasizes. The opposition politician adds:

Seeing Orbán’s behavior, we might even raise our eyebrows, but the stakes are much higher. The upcoming negotiations also deal with how much money Hungary receives. However, if the prime minister writes letters rudely instead of negotiating, it is a great mistake and a great irresponsibility.