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Hungarian Parliament Speaker Laszlo Kover says the European Union will be compromised if it insists on funding the rule of law, because the strongest European states will be able to intimidate the weakest, the MTI reports. Compare the Western media with “Goebbels propaganda” and speak of “moral terror”.
Laszlo Kover said in an interview with the public radio station Kossuth that the EU was applying a “policy of brute force” against some member states and called the practice “moral terror”, according to Agerpres.
The parliamentary leader said he had written to his counterparts in countries that hold the presidency of the European Union, warning that if Brussels did not give up the idea of conditioning European funds on the rule of law, it could jeopardize the EU budget. and aids to combat the effects. coronavirus epidemic. He explicitly referred to the pressure on Hungary and Poland, countries that defend their constitutional sovereignty. The states that exert such pressure will be responsible for the failure of the budget and the economic recovery agreement, the Hungarian official warns.
According to Kover, after receiving his letter, Germany and the European Parliament delegation agreed to even stricter provisions on the rule of law than in the initial proposal.
“I did not join an empire”
The EU Treaties contain mechanisms that have the function of preventing proceedings for political or ideological reasons, and these rules “must not be trampled on”; The introduction of new mechanisms could lead the Union “into an abyss”, added the Hungarian politician.
Kover also claimed that the Western European press is dominated by voices in unison, while in Budapest or Warsaw there are no such problems. He compared the western media to “Goebbels propaganda” because it seeks to induce the idea that the Hungarian and Polish governments will be held responsible if the southern states do not receive help for the relaunch.
The speaker of parliament said Hungary “will fight for national sovereignty.”
“I did not join an empire” and Hungary suffered greatly as a “client state, a colony of the Soviet Union,” he added.
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