MEPs call on Charles Michel to suspend the Hungarian EU Council Presidency

German MEPs Daniel Freund and Damian Bezelager have sent a letter to the President of the European Council Charles Micheland called for the suspension of the Hungarian EU Council Presidency.

The letter was reportedly signed by 20,000 EU citizens and posted on Freund’s account on June 27. X.

The Belgian EU Council Presidency ends at the end of June. Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU begins on 1 July and will last six months.

“It would be extremely damaging to the reputation of our Union if the current Hungarian government were to represent us Europeans in any capacity immediately after the European elections,” the letter states.

MEPs recalled how Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban compared the EU to a dictatorship and stressed Hungary’s close relations with Russia, which continues large-scale invasion Of Ukraine.

The letter also mentions the high level of corruption and the undermining of the rule of law and freedom of the press in Hungary.

“Hungary in its current state would never meet the criteria for joining the EU. Its criminal leadership should therefore not be allowed to represent the Union.”

Hungary has repeatedly against it Ukraine’s accession to NATO and that EUand sanctions against Russia since the start of the large-scale invasion in 2022.

Orban had previously presented a seven-point program. program This should become the guiding principle for Hungary as EU Council President. Aid to Ukraine is not considered a priority in the programme.

Hungary also does not plan to hold any summits between the EU and Ukraine in the next six months, but instead wants to hold a summit in the Western Balkans.

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