The director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) Sirpa Rauti awarded that the Hungarian Parliament will not vote on the “transparency” law before the flight. In response to the questions of the Spanish news agency EFE at the headquarters in Vienna, the director added that “the worst scenario does not have to be fulfilled,” informs TASR newsletter in Budapest.
Rauti believes that pressure from international human rights organizations also played a role in this decision, MTI said.
Rauti noted that Hungary is close to the point “without the possibility of returning” in terms of deterioration of the rule of law. She recalled that FRA has long been dealing with issues of civil society and the rule of law and believes that Hungary is currently the most difficult case in the EU, because the erosion of most controls and counterbalances has long been carried out and legislation is not in accordance with fundamental rights.
The bill received international criticism
In her opinion, the Pride decision is a good example of how they are trying to limit the freedom of gathering and expression in Hungary.
The bill on transparency, which faces criticism at the domestic and foreign political scene, was withdrawn from the program of the meeting of the Legislative Committee of the Hungarian Parliament, which met on 4 June. MEPs will not even vote on it before the flight, then said the chairman of the parliamentary faction of the government party Fidesz Máté Kocsis.
“Fraction is uniform in the fact that legal instruments need to be used to protect sovereignty. However, there is a dispute over what these tools should be,” Kocsis said.
In this context, the head of the Gulyás Gulyás Gulyás Gulyás office asked whether the threat of sanctions of the European Union played a role in the decision to postpone the approval of this proposal. Gulyás responded that it “did not scare the Hungarian government”. However, the head of the Office of the Government was no longer answered by the question of whether there was a default in the delay of Fidesza.
The Commission has called for the withdrawal of the law
The European Commission 24. May called the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban to withdraw its bill on transparency. She warned that if the legislation were adopted in its current form, it would be a serious violation of the EU principles and legislation. The introduction of new legislation would bring strict rules for non -governmental organizations funded from abroad, which are considered a risk for Hungary’s sovereignty, DPA said.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán 22. May 22 for the public service radio Kossuth Radio claimed that the Ukrainians are leading a disinformation campaign against Hungary, which aims to enforce Budapest’s support for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. According to him, the Hungarian government responds to the bill on transparency.
The Hungarian Parliament, 21 May, discussed a bill on transparency in public life. The petitioner János Halász of Fidesz in the debate said that the left -hand election campaign in 2022 was funded from abroad and even today several organizations in Hungary fulfills foreign interests, for example, spreading Ukrainian propaganda. The opposition strongly criticized the proposal and in May organized several demonstrations against it.
