The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says
The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says
The conservatives of incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz and their likely center-left coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), have agreed to demand the bloc withhold funds and suspend voting rights from countries that violate key principles such as the rule of law, according to a draft coalition agreement seen by POLITICO.
While Hungary wasn’t mentioned by name, the draft agreement is clearly referring to the EU’s worst offender, which for years has been accused of taking a wrecking ball to democratic norms, curtailing the freedom of the press and restricting the independence of judges.
EU really needs a way to kick out members. Hungary doesn't care about EU.
Nah – withdrawing voting rights and funding suffices. Perhaps remove the right for citizens to freely move within the EU as well. You need sticks and carrots, not only sticks.
I don't think any eastern European country does.
Best they can do right now is make their presence in the EU hell with whatever measures they have. Either they'll start acting right or they'll fucking leave. Hungary's residents don't seem to want to get rid of Orban or his crew. They have a chance in 2026 with Peter Magyar, but my expectations are very low.
Something needs to be done, indeed.
Well it was only a matter of time. Keep voting in Poo-tin's interests and the shit will inevitably hit the Orfán.
Le penalize him!
I see what you did there
Gott strafe Orban!
I'd be fine with a fighter jet strafing him thanks
Why are you appropriating WWI-era Imperial German slogans?
Absolute banger of a slogan
May a thousand steel fists rain down upon him.
Took me a while not to read that as
The time has come to punish Orbán (and) Germany's next(, some) government says
What realistially can EU and Germany do?
EU is already withholding funding, although they have to pay Hungary every time they have to pass something in EU.
Do they even have the vote to suspend voting rights when they have Slovak PM going crazy as well?
If Orbán gets "sanctioned" maybe Slovakia will start to think twice about biting the hand that feeds it. And if they also continue to push the Russian agenda then we'll have an established protocol to deal with them.
They are not withholding all funding.