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The communication battle between the EU leaders and the Hungarian government will become increasingly intense. On Friday afternoon, for example, Viktor Orbán responded to the statements of Manfred Weber, president of the European People’s Party, in a letter, more precisely in a statement. In this statement, called “EU-samizdat No. 3”, he writes that Manfred Weber in his statement on Thursday did not tell the press the truth about what the EU intends with the rule of law mechanism and therefore considers the Hungarian government a bastard, although “we are not those”.
According to the Prime Minister, “the main media in Europe exclude, ignore and block thoughts that do not fit into the worldview that lurks every day.” He writes that this is not unknown to Central Europeans, which is why samizdata was invented here, thus comparing, of course, the European Union to the role of the regime-changing anti-communist hero, compared to repressive state socialist regimes.
In his letter, Orbán responds that Manfred Weber told accredited correspondents in Germany on December 3 that the rule of law mechanism would not be established against Hungary and Poland, and that his goal was to depoliticize rule of law issues and withdraw them. of partisan political debates.
According to Orbán, this is simply not true, which the prime minister tries to demonstrate with quotes from various EU leaders. In his statement, the Prime Minister quotes the following phrases or parts of phrases:
- Vera Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission: Orbán builds a sick democracy.
- Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice: There is a crisis of the rule of law in some Member States. Especially in Hungary and Poland.
- Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission: The free press is almost non-existent in Hungary.
- Equality Commissioner Helena Dalli: This mechanism is the way to bring Member States online.
- Katarina Barley, Vice-President of the European Parliament: Hungary and Poland must go hungry.
- MEP Guy Verhofstadt: It is not necessary to test whether the operation of Hungary and Poland conforms to the system that is going to be established now. This has already been tested. It should be activated immediately now.
“The situation is clear, dear Manfred. You want to change the current legal situation to create an instrument that you can immediately turn against Hungary and Poland. In the light of the statements of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the politicians responsible for the national government, You can’t deny this anymore. And hope that we Hungarians will accept this. “
The Germans have asked us Hungarians for many things in history, but you are the first to look at us as a bastard. We are not.– The communication with Orbán ends.
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