Victor Orban opposes the EU: We'll protect our borders from you as well.

Victor Orban led European MPs to receive him and appeared in the plenary hall with 12 minutes late. The Greens rapporteur, Judith Sargentini, had begun counting Hungary's violations of the EU pacts, when the prime minister entered the plenary hall in Strazburg. In order for them to be heard by Orban, she started her talk from the beginning. The list of offense charges is over. Judith Sargentini, criticises the Hungarian government for systematically violating human rights, minority rights, freedom of science, has acted against tolerance and solidarity, as Article 2 of Lisbon's European agreements predicts. We all have to protect EU citizens. It is our duty to act,” the Dutch deputy tells the Hungarian prime minister. He sits with a stiff face. The answer will be answered later,”Hungary is being touched in her honor”.

On behalf of European deputies Sargetini requires a process, according to Article 7 of the EU Minorities. The Council of Ministers is required to determine how endangered the rule of law is in Hungary and to take measures to do so. If Victor Orban continues not to listen then Hungary could be denied the right to vote in the EU. This drastic step, a process according to Article 7, has never been developed by the European Parliament. Many MPs mention in their speech the historic significance of the decision, expected to be made.

“You want to exclude a people”

When Victor Orban takes the word for five minutes, he rejects all charges and goes on counterattack. He accuses MPs of wanting to condemn the most lyrical, Christian people, the Hungarian people, who have fought against the Soviet Union and who opened the borders for citizens of eastern Germany. The majority should vote for this report. You are condemning a country and a people,” criticised Orban, who seeks to turn his country into a “Iberal democracy”. “You believe you know better than Hungary itself, what the Hungarians need.” In an angry voice, the prime minister adds that he is supported by the parliamentary majority in his country: “You take on great responsibility when you want to seal a country and want to exclude a people. ”

The prime minister, whom opponents accuse of autism, does not deal with concrete parliamentary charges. Orban mixed the debate over government leadership, as is the custom with EU migration policy. He claims Hungary is being punished because it does not want migrants. He doesn't want to be pressured. We'll protect our borders, even from you, if you have to, ” he calls into the plenary room. The charges mentioned in Hungary's parliamentary report are generally called lies and false information. 37 wrong facts contain the document. He himself returns an answer with a 108-page report, which he will distribute to MPs. ”

“You protect a corrupt system”

The head of Social Democrats in Parliament, Udo Bullmann, is directed directly and personally to Victor Orban. Your relatives and your son-in-law benefit directly from corruption and nepotism in Hungary, Bullmann says. You protect a corrupt system within the EU”. The Commission for Budget Control in the European Parliament has seen that 30 per cent of EU money for Hungary is provided in suspicious procedures. In addition, Bullmann says further, the prime minister apparently did not understand what is being discussed in the debate. They do not concern the condemnation of the Hungarian people, but the work of the Orban government. “This institution protects the rights of people in Hungary”, summon Bullmann.

Even the relevant EU commissioner Frans Timmmermans strongly criticised the Hungarian government. ” Civil society in Hungary is threatened by Hungarian authorities' actions.” Therefore, the EU Commission has launched a series of processes against Hungary for violating the EU Pacts, and eventually the European Court will have to make a decision. Timmermans accuse Orban, among other things, of not providing adequate assistance to asylum seekers in the transit area and limiting university work.

Orban gets support from the ruling populist deputies of the British Party for independence and the German party AfD. Parliament seeks to limit the sovereignty of a national state, MPs from the government party PIS complain in Poland. A process is already under way against Poland, according to Article 7, which has been promoted by the EU Commission and not by Parliament. Hungary would be the second country against which a punishment process develops.

Its faction could vote against Orban Fideszi

The vote in Plenium takes place on Wednesday. The two - third majority must be reached for Article 7. At least half of MPs must participate in the vote. The decision is how the Christian Democrat faction will vote, which includes the Hungarian Prime Minister Fidesz' party Orban. Christian Democrat Chairman Manfred Weber will hold faction consultations in the evening. Weber made it clear that he expects from Hungary's prime minister a readiness for compromise or some kind of commitment. “In other words, the Christian Democrats will vote against Orban on Wednesday and create the opportunity to develop this historic process.