Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union.
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EU leaders are sitting together trying to figure out how to respond to Russia’s war against Ukraine - and someone in the room is allegedly briefing the Kremlin in real time.
No wonder Donald Tusk said he no longer shares sensitive information in Council meetings. Trust inside the EU is being destroyed.
As long as one government can block everything with a veto while undermining the Union from the inside, Europe will remain weak.
It’s time to abolish the veto.
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And it’s time to be honest: Europe cannot function if one leader keeps acting against the interests of the entire Union.
We need a United States of Europe now.
[Damian Boeselager, MEP of Volt Europa]
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Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union. And the problem is - our current rules allow this to keep happening 🤯
Orbán’s foreign minister was calling Moscow during breaks in EU meetings to give his Russian counterpart “live updates” on what we were discussing.
Think about that for a second.
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EU leaders are sitting together trying to figure out how to respond to Russia’s war against Ukraine - and someone in the room is allegedly briefing the Kremlin in real time.
No wonder Donald Tusk said he no longer shares sensitive information in Council meetings. Trust inside the EU is being destroyed.
As long as one government can block everything with a veto while undermining the Union from the inside, Europe will remain weak.
It’s time to abolish the veto.
(2/3)
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And it’s time to be honest: Europe cannot function if one leader keeps acting against the interests of the entire Union.
We need a United States of Europe now.
[Damian Boeselager, MEP of Volt Europa]
(3/3)
@VoltEuropa Hungary could have EU voting rights suspended.
Unlike abolishing the veto, this is a procedure already specified in current Treaties.
Why doesn't the EU Commission trigger it? -
@VoltEuropa Hungary could have EU voting rights suspended.
Unlike abolishing the veto, this is a procedure already specified in current Treaties.
Why doesn't the EU Commission trigger it?@s1m0n4 @VoltEuropa Because it needs unanimity of the rest of the member-states. And there's Fico.
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Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union. And the problem is - our current rules allow this to keep happening 🤯
Orbán’s foreign minister was calling Moscow during breaks in EU meetings to give his Russian counterpart “live updates” on what we were discussing.
Think about that for a second.
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@VoltEuropa You describe the problem well, but when I hear anyone wanting a "United States" of anything, I recoil in horror. Unusual choice of words.
That said, I agree with many of your positions as I'm starting to read more at https://volteuropa.org
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EU leaders are sitting together trying to figure out how to respond to Russia’s war against Ukraine - and someone in the room is allegedly briefing the Kremlin in real time.
No wonder Donald Tusk said he no longer shares sensitive information in Council meetings. Trust inside the EU is being destroyed.
As long as one government can block everything with a veto while undermining the Union from the inside, Europe will remain weak.
It’s time to abolish the veto.
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@VoltEuropa Oh we know who that someone is
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@VoltEuropa Hungary could have EU voting rights suspended.
Unlike abolishing the veto, this is a procedure already specified in current Treaties.
Why doesn't the EU Commission trigger it?@s1m0n4 @VoltEuropa incompetence
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@s1m0n4 @VoltEuropa Because it needs unanimity of the rest of the member-states. And there's Fico.
@jorgecandeias @VoltEuropa Fico rules a coalition of 3 political parties. If a EU procedure is started against Slovakia and Slovakia ends up losing EU funds like Hungary, Fico's government won't hold.
That's why the only country vetoing any action against Russia is Hungary.
Fico can bark, but, if he bites, he won't be PM for much longer. -
@jorgecandeias @VoltEuropa Fico rules a coalition of 3 political parties. If a EU procedure is started against Slovakia and Slovakia ends up losing EU funds like Hungary, Fico's government won't hold.
That's why the only country vetoing any action against Russia is Hungary.
Fico can bark, but, if he bites, he won't be PM for much longer.@s1m0n4 @jorgecandeias @VoltEuropa Exactly. This is enough proof of malicious intent to suspend Hungary’s voting rights. No need to let it get worse!
We need to act. Letting bullies get their way never did anything good, ever.
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@jorgecandeias @VoltEuropa Fico rules a coalition of 3 political parties. If a EU procedure is started against Slovakia and Slovakia ends up losing EU funds like Hungary, Fico's government won't hold.
That's why the only country vetoing any action against Russia is Hungary.
Fico can bark, but, if he bites, he won't be PM for much longer.@s1m0n4 @VoltEuropa and the EU can't do that because there's Orban.
They scratch eachother's back.
Once Orban loses the next election, though, everything changes. We won't hear a peep from Slovakia anymore.
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And it’s time to be honest: Europe cannot function if one leader keeps acting against the interests of the entire Union.
We need a United States of Europe now.
[Damian Boeselager, MEP of Volt Europa]
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@VoltEuropa this feels an awful lot like how tsarist russia undermined the polish-lithuanian commonwealth government
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