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Pure blackmail. Hungary is ready to lift the veto on aid to Ukraine (€50 billion for 4 years) in exchange for €30 billion from the EU, currently withheld from Hungary due to democratic backsliding. https://t.co/6YlwL3zpQa
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 13, 2023
The European Commission has decided to unlock €10 billion for Hungary, a third of the total amount that was suspended. The Commission argued that Hungary had implemented a number of judicial reforms and thus deserved access to some of the funding. https://t.co/7VwvjQagCh
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 13, 2023
European Council President Charles Michel, French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz met with Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán before the start of the EU leaders' summit. Orban made clear he will 'not budge' on the Ukrainian issue.https://t.co/TtzF3YUf5C
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 14, 2023
Why the hell are they letting this turd of a human being blackmail them? Orban is a Russian asset. He is a security risk to the EU and NATO. The whole of EU being blackmailed by a single country, Hungary of all countries, is infuriating. You can't tell me EU has absolutely nothing to combat this? Surely it's time to try to enforce Article 7 on Hungary and stop playing diplomatic with Orban.
Article 7
Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union allows for the possibility of suspending European Union (EU) membership rights (such as voting rights in the Council of the European Union) if a country seriously and persistently breaches the principles on which the EU is founded as defined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities). Nevertheless, that country’s membership obligations remain binding.
In accordance with Article 7, on the proposal of one third of EU Member States, or of the European Parliament or of the European Commission, the Council, acting by a majority of four fifths of its members, having obtained the Parliament’s consent, may determine that there is a clear risk of a serious breach of these fundamental principles by a Member State, and address appropriate recommendations to it.
Article 354 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union lays down the voting procedures to be used by the main EU institutions when a Member State faces the application of Article 7. The country in question does not take part in the vote. It is not included in the calculation of the one third of countries required for the proposal or the four fifths required for the majority. Parliament’s consent requires a two-thirds majority.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 14 December 2023
