{"id":34902,"date":"2017-12-08T22:34:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T03:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/?p=34902"},"modified":"2017-12-08T22:34:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T03:34:24","slug":"unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"AT UNPRECEDENTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING, HUNGARIAN GOV\u2019T ACCUSED OF RESTRICTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights-17319\">hungarytoday.hu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Addressing a hearing of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) focusing on the rule of law in Hungary, representatives of Hungarian rights groups criticized the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n for restricting fundamental rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hearing itself is unique in that it is the first instance in the European Union\u2019s history that the EP is undertaking an investigation into whether EU values are being upheld in a member state.<\/p>\n<p>Initiated by Dutch Green MEP Judith Sargentini, the hearing will ultimately lead to a report recommending whether the Parliament should trigger Article 7 proceedings against Hungary over \u201cthe deterioration of democracy and rule of law\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>You can view Sargentini\u2019s speech at the hearing below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu\/VideoPlayer.aspx?ref=I147912\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, M\u00e1rta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, told LIBE that the government had systematically weakened its system of checks and balances, putting the fundamental values of the EU at risk. She added that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A free press and a strong civil sector are key in a democratic state for ensuring government accountability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Helsinki Committee, a human rights group that was nominated for Council of Europe\u2019s V\u00e1clav Havel Human Rights Prize this year, is one of the nearly two-dozen NGOs who have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/hungarian-helsinki-committee-nominated-for-human-rights-award-as-civil-society-groups-take-government-to-court-over-ngo-law-84137\">turned to Hungary\u2019s Constitutional Court<\/a>\u00a0over the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/hungary-orban-ngo-law-soros-parliament-54968\">controversial law<\/a>\u00a0requiring civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad. Since the bill\u2019s passage, human rights and civil society groups worldwide have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/wake-european-parliament-resolution-thousands-protest-budapest-lex-ceu-proposed-government-ngo-restrictions-61703\">condemned the law<\/a>\u00a0as a move to silence \u201ccritical voices in society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NGO law was also one of the issues that the European Commission (EC) has decided\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/european-commission-takes-hungary-court-migrant-quotas-ngo-law-lex-ceu-46634\">to refer to the Court of Justice of the European Union<\/a>, which is the next step towards sanctions against the Hungarian government.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, G\u00e1bor Poly\u00e1k, the head of the M\u00e9rt\u00e9k M\u00e9dia Monitor, accused the government of handling criticism as \u201can attack\u201d and<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Using the media as a political communications tool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Opposition Socialist (MSZP) MEP Istv\u00e1n Ujhelyi said Hungary had again been \u201cshamed\u201d as an EU member for \u201cthe government\u2019s sins\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9ter Niederm\u00fcller, an MEP for the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called the government \u201cpathetic\u201d or failing to engage in a real debate and instead \u201crepeating its own propaganda lines\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Following the end of the hearing, Dutch Liberal MEP Sophia in \u2018t Veld\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/political\/140197\">urged the European Peoples\u2019 Party<\/a>\u00a0(EPP) to kick Orb\u00e1n\u2019s Fidesz out of its grouping, arguing that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a democracy there is pluralism, and that is what Orb\u00e1n wants to kill. For eight years Orb\u00e1n has been stifling opposition, criticism, it is a fake democracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Fidesz Reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34903\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-631x420.jpg 631w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 at a hearing of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) focusing on the rule of law in Hungary (Photo: MTI\/Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00e1nth\u00f3, the director of the pro-government Center for Fundamental Rights, claimed that it was an \u201cillusion\u201d that Hungary had failed to observe EU laws, arguing that Hungary was a steady mid-fielder among EU member states from the point of view of the number of infringement procedures launched against it.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fidesz MEP Kinga G\u00e1l argued that she was baffled by the criticisms directed at Hungary, a country, she said, where demonstrators are not treated violently by the authorities, opposition politicians do not get arrested and journalists are not murdered. L\u00edvia J\u00e1r\u00f3ka, also a ruling party MEP, said Brussels applied double standards against Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking the LIBE hearing, Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 turned away from issues of press freedom, democracy, and corruption, and toward one of the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s favorite talking points: that Hungary rejects illegal migration and the quota system, and would<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>continue fighting for the interests and security of the Hungarian people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said the government would not shy away from debate, but claimed that there was a wide gap between the views of Budapest and Brussels on most aspects of the issue, including \u201cthe concept of nation, respect for traditions, border defense and security\u201d. \u00a0He claimed that the EU, which has itself been the target of the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/referendum-hungarian-government-launches-billboard-campaign-send-message-public-brussels-24942\">\u201cStop Brussels!\u201d billboard campaign<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year, was \u201cattacking\u201d Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 continued this line of commentary about migration issues at a press conference following the LIBE hearing, where he claimed that the committee and a large majority of European parliamentarians see illegal migration as a positive development, while the Hungarian government considered it a dangerous trend.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Minister argued that the European Parliament\u2019s decision on mandatory migrant quotas \u201ccannot be implemented\u201d because there is no mechanism in place for keeping people settled within the Schengen Area in a given country. Further, the mandatory migrant quotas \u201crun totally counter to sober mindedness as well as to European laws and conventions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Hungarian government considers it a<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>violation of sovereignty if the EU wants to deprive them of the right to decide whom they allow to enter their territory.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moving into conspiratorial language, Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 claimed that he had \u201cno doubt\u201d that the report on Hungary \u201cis already in place\u201d and strongly reflected the political motivation behind \u201cthe political witch hunt\u201d against Hungary. He said the report would not be \u201cindependent of the position of US financier George Soros.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian-American billionaire is currently the target of a lengthy Fidesz billboard and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/george-soros-rebuffs-hungarian-governments-accusations-hungarian-newspaper-31127\">\u2018National Consultation\u2019 campaign<\/a>, calling on people to \u2018give their opinions\u2019 on the so-called \u201cSoros plan.\u201d Both Soros and other observers (including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/hungarian-eu-commissioner-tibor-navracsics-dismisses-fidesz-claims-soros-plan-20818\">Hungarian EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics<\/a>, a member of Fidesz) have argued that there is no evidence that any such \u201cplan\u201d exists, and that the entire \u2018National Consultation\u2019 is in fact nothing more than a<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>deceptive propaganda campaign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via MTI, Hungary Matters, europarl.europa.eu, index.hu, and EUobserver<\/p>\n<p>Images via MTI and Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Video via\u00a0audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights-17319\">hungarytoday.hu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights-17319\">hungarytoday.hu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Addressing a hearing of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) focusing on the rule of law in Hungary, representatives of Hungarian rights groups criticized the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n for restricting fundamental rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hearing itself is unique in that it is the first instance in the European Union\u2019s history that the EP is undertaking an investigation into whether EU values are being upheld in a member state.<\/p>\n<p>Initiated by Dutch Green MEP Judith Sargentini, the hearing will ultimately lead to a report recommending whether the Parliament should trigger Article 7 proceedings against Hungary over \u201cthe deterioration of democracy and rule of law\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>You can view Sargentini\u2019s speech at the hearing below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu\/VideoPlayer.aspx?ref=I147912\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, M\u00e1rta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, told LIBE that the government had systematically weakened its system of checks and balances, putting the fundamental values of the EU at risk. She added that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A free press and a strong civil sector are key in a democratic state for ensuring government accountability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Helsinki Committee, a human rights group that was nominated for Council of Europe\u2019s V\u00e1clav Havel Human Rights Prize this year, is one of the nearly two-dozen NGOs who have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/hungarian-helsinki-committee-nominated-for-human-rights-award-as-civil-society-groups-take-government-to-court-over-ngo-law-84137\">turned to Hungary\u2019s Constitutional Court<\/a>\u00a0over the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/hungary-orban-ngo-law-soros-parliament-54968\">controversial law<\/a>\u00a0requiring civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad. Since the bill\u2019s passage, human rights and civil society groups worldwide have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/wake-european-parliament-resolution-thousands-protest-budapest-lex-ceu-proposed-government-ngo-restrictions-61703\">condemned the law<\/a>\u00a0as a move to silence \u201ccritical voices in society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NGO law was also one of the issues that the European Commission (EC) has decided\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/european-commission-takes-hungary-court-migrant-quotas-ngo-law-lex-ceu-46634\">to refer to the Court of Justice of the European Union<\/a>, which is the next step towards sanctions against the Hungarian government.<\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, G\u00e1bor Poly\u00e1k, the head of the M\u00e9rt\u00e9k M\u00e9dia Monitor, accused the government of handling criticism as \u201can attack\u201d and<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Using the media as a political communications tool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Opposition Socialist (MSZP) MEP Istv\u00e1n Ujhelyi said Hungary had again been \u201cshamed\u201d as an EU member for \u201cthe government\u2019s sins\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9ter Niederm\u00fcller, an MEP for the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called the government \u201cpathetic\u201d or failing to engage in a real debate and instead \u201crepeating its own propaganda lines\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Following the end of the hearing, Dutch Liberal MEP Sophia in \u2018t Veld\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/political\/140197\">urged the European Peoples\u2019 Party<\/a>\u00a0(EPP) to kick Orb\u00e1n\u2019s Fidesz out of its grouping, arguing that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a democracy there is pluralism, and that is what Orb\u00e1n wants to kill. For eight years Orb\u00e1n has been stifling opposition, criticism, it is a fake democracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Fidesz Reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n[caption id=\"attachment_34903\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"600\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-631x420.jpg 631w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 at a hearing of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) focusing on the rule of law in Hungary (Photo: MTI\/Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)[\/caption]\n<p>Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00e1nth\u00f3, the director of the pro-government Center for Fundamental Rights, claimed that it was an \u201cillusion\u201d that Hungary had failed to observe EU laws, arguing that Hungary was a steady mid-fielder among EU member states from the point of view of the number of infringement procedures launched against it.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fidesz MEP Kinga G\u00e1l argued that she was baffled by the criticisms directed at Hungary, a country, she said, where demonstrators are not treated violently by the authorities, opposition politicians do not get arrested and journalists are not murdered. L\u00edvia J\u00e1r\u00f3ka, also a ruling party MEP, said Brussels applied double standards against Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking the LIBE hearing, Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 turned away from issues of press freedom, democracy, and corruption, and toward one of the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s favorite talking points: that Hungary rejects illegal migration and the quota system, and would<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>continue fighting for the interests and security of the Hungarian people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said the government would not shy away from debate, but claimed that there was a wide gap between the views of Budapest and Brussels on most aspects of the issue, including \u201cthe concept of nation, respect for traditions, border defense and security\u201d. \u00a0He claimed that the EU, which has itself been the target of the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/referendum-hungarian-government-launches-billboard-campaign-send-message-public-brussels-24942\">\u201cStop Brussels!\u201d billboard campaign<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year, was \u201cattacking\u201d Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 continued this line of commentary about migration issues at a press conference following the LIBE hearing, where he claimed that the committee and a large majority of European parliamentarians see illegal migration as a positive development, while the Hungarian government considered it a dangerous trend.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Minister argued that the European Parliament\u2019s decision on mandatory migrant quotas \u201ccannot be implemented\u201d because there is no mechanism in place for keeping people settled within the Schengen Area in a given country. Further, the mandatory migrant quotas \u201crun totally counter to sober mindedness as well as to European laws and conventions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Hungarian government considers it a<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>violation of sovereignty if the EU wants to deprive them of the right to decide whom they allow to enter their territory.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moving into conspiratorial language, Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 claimed that he had \u201cno doubt\u201d that the report on Hungary \u201cis already in place\u201d and strongly reflected the political motivation behind \u201cthe political witch hunt\u201d against Hungary. He said the report would not be \u201cindependent of the position of US financier George Soros.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian-American billionaire is currently the target of a lengthy Fidesz billboard and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/george-soros-rebuffs-hungarian-governments-accusations-hungarian-newspaper-31127\">\u2018National Consultation\u2019 campaign<\/a>, calling on people to \u2018give their opinions\u2019 on the so-called \u201cSoros plan.\u201d Both Soros and other observers (including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/hungarian-eu-commissioner-tibor-navracsics-dismisses-fidesz-claims-soros-plan-20818\">Hungarian EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics<\/a>, a member of Fidesz) have argued that there is no evidence that any such \u201cplan\u201d exists, and that the entire \u2018National Consultation\u2019 is in fact nothing more than a<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>deceptive propaganda campaign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via MTI, Hungary Matters, europarl.europa.eu, index.hu, and EUobserver<\/p>\n<p>Images via MTI and Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Video via\u00a0audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/news\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights-17319\">hungarytoday.hu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AT UNPRECEDENTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING, HUNGARIAN GOV\u2019T ACCUSED OF RESTRICTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS &#8211; Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AT UNPRECEDENTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING, HUNGARIAN GOV\u2019T ACCUSED OF RESTRICTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS &#8211; Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source:\u00a0hungarytoday.hu  Addressing a hearing of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) focusing on the rule of law in Hungary, representatives of Hungarian rights groups criticized the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n for restricting fundamental rights.  The hearing itself is unique in that it is the first instance in the European Union\u2019s history that the EP is undertaking an investigation into whether EU values are being upheld in a member state.  Initiated by Dutch Green MEP Judith Sargentini, the hearing will ultimately lead to a report recommending whether the Parliament should trigger Article 7 proceedings against Hungary over \u201cthe deterioration of democracy and rule of law\u201d in the country.  You can view Sargentini\u2019s speech at the hearing below:    At the hearing, M\u00e1rta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, told LIBE that the government had systematically weakened its system of checks and balances, putting the fundamental values of the EU at risk. She added that A free press and a strong civil sector are key in a democratic state for ensuring government accountability. The Helsinki Committee, a human rights group that was nominated for Council of Europe\u2019s V\u00e1clav Havel Human Rights Prize this year, is one of the nearly two-dozen NGOs who have\u00a0turned to Hungary\u2019s Constitutional Court\u00a0over the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s\u00a0controversial law\u00a0requiring civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad. Since the bill\u2019s passage, human rights and civil society groups worldwide have\u00a0condemned the law\u00a0as a move to silence \u201ccritical voices in society.\u201d  The NGO law was also one of the issues that the European Commission (EC) has decided\u00a0to refer to the Court of Justice of the European Union, which is the next step towards sanctions against the Hungarian government.  At the hearing, G\u00e1bor Poly\u00e1k, the head of the M\u00e9rt\u00e9k M\u00e9dia Monitor, accused the government of handling criticism as \u201can attack\u201d and Using the media as a political communications tool. Opposition Socialist (MSZP) MEP Istv\u00e1n Ujhelyi said Hungary had again been \u201cshamed\u201d as an EU member for \u201cthe government\u2019s sins\u201d.  P\u00e9ter Niederm\u00fcller, an MEP for the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called the government \u201cpathetic\u201d or failing to engage in a real debate and instead \u201crepeating its own propaganda lines\u201d.  Following the end of the hearing, Dutch Liberal MEP Sophia in \u2018t Veld\u00a0urged the European Peoples\u2019 Party\u00a0(EPP) to kick Orb\u00e1n\u2019s Fidesz out of its grouping, arguing that In a democracy there is pluralism, and that is what Orb\u00e1n wants to kill. For eight years Orb\u00e1n has been stifling opposition, criticism, it is a fake democracy. Fidesz Reactions    Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00e1nth\u00f3, the director of the pro-government Center for Fundamental Rights, claimed that it was an \u201cillusion\u201d that Hungary had failed to observe EU laws, arguing that Hungary was a steady mid-fielder among EU member states from the point of view of the number of infringement procedures launched against it.  Meanwhile, Fidesz MEP Kinga G\u00e1l argued that she was baffled by the criticisms directed at Hungary, a country, she said, where demonstrators are not treated violently by the authorities, opposition politicians do not get arrested and journalists are not murdered. L\u00edvia J\u00e1r\u00f3ka, also a ruling party MEP, said Brussels applied double standards against Hungary.  Speaking the LIBE hearing, Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 turned away from issues of press freedom, democracy, and corruption, and toward one of the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s favorite talking points: that Hungary rejects illegal migration and the quota system, and would continue fighting for the interests and security of the Hungarian people. He said the government would not shy away from debate, but claimed that there was a wide gap between the views of Budapest and Brussels on most aspects of the issue, including \u201cthe concept of nation, respect for traditions, border defense and security\u201d. \u00a0He claimed that the EU, which has itself been the target of the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s\u00a0\u201cStop Brussels!\u201d billboard campaign\u00a0earlier this year, was \u201cattacking\u201d Hungary.  Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 continued this line of commentary about migration issues at a press conference following the LIBE hearing, where he claimed that the committee and a large majority of European parliamentarians see illegal migration as a positive development, while the Hungarian government considered it a dangerous trend.  The Foreign Minister argued that the European Parliament\u2019s decision on mandatory migrant quotas \u201ccannot be implemented\u201d because there is no mechanism in place for keeping people settled within the Schengen Area in a given country. Further, the mandatory migrant quotas \u201crun totally counter to sober mindedness as well as to European laws and conventions.\u201d  He added that the Hungarian government considers it a violation of sovereignty if the EU wants to deprive them of the right to decide whom they allow to enter their territory. Moving into conspiratorial language, Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 claimed that he had \u201cno doubt\u201d that the report on Hungary \u201cis already in place\u201d and strongly reflected the political motivation behind \u201cthe political witch hunt\u201d against Hungary. He said the report would not be \u201cindependent of the position of US financier George Soros.\u201d  The Hungarian-American billionaire is currently the target of a lengthy Fidesz billboard and\u00a0\u2018National Consultation\u2019 campaign, calling on people to \u2018give their opinions\u2019 on the so-called \u201cSoros plan.\u201d Both Soros and other observers (including\u00a0Hungarian EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics, a member of Fidesz) have argued that there is no evidence that any such \u201cplan\u201d exists, and that the entire \u2018National Consultation\u2019 is in fact nothing more than a deceptive propaganda campaign. &nbsp;  Via MTI, Hungary Matters, europarl.europa.eu, index.hu, and EUobserver  Images via MTI and Twitter  Video via\u00a0audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu  Source:\u00a0hungarytoday.hu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BocskaiRadio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-09T03:34:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"499\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BocskaiRadio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BocskaiRadio\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8bcb55a841d5aae0d74dd77c82785eeb\"},\"headline\":\"AT UNPRECEDENTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING, HUNGARIAN GOV\u2019T ACCUSED OF RESTRICTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-09T03:34:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1038,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bocskairadio.org\\\/en\\\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\\\/\",\"name\":\"AT UNPRECEDENTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING, HUNGARIAN GOV\u2019T ACCUSED OF RESTRICTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS &#8211; 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The hearing itself is unique in that it is the first instance in the European Union\u2019s history that the EP is undertaking an investigation into whether EU values are being upheld in a member state.  Initiated by Dutch Green MEP Judith Sargentini, the hearing will ultimately lead to a report recommending whether the Parliament should trigger Article 7 proceedings against Hungary over \u201cthe deterioration of democracy and rule of law\u201d in the country.  You can view Sargentini\u2019s speech at the hearing below:    At the hearing, M\u00e1rta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, told LIBE that the government had systematically weakened its system of checks and balances, putting the fundamental values of the EU at risk. She added that A free press and a strong civil sector are key in a democratic state for ensuring government accountability. The Helsinki Committee, a human rights group that was nominated for Council of Europe\u2019s V\u00e1clav Havel Human Rights Prize this year, is one of the nearly two-dozen NGOs who have\u00a0turned to Hungary\u2019s Constitutional Court\u00a0over the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s\u00a0controversial law\u00a0requiring civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad. Since the bill\u2019s passage, human rights and civil society groups worldwide have\u00a0condemned the law\u00a0as a move to silence \u201ccritical voices in society.\u201d  The NGO law was also one of the issues that the European Commission (EC) has decided\u00a0to refer to the Court of Justice of the European Union, which is the next step towards sanctions against the Hungarian government.  At the hearing, G\u00e1bor Poly\u00e1k, the head of the M\u00e9rt\u00e9k M\u00e9dia Monitor, accused the government of handling criticism as \u201can attack\u201d and Using the media as a political communications tool. Opposition Socialist (MSZP) MEP Istv\u00e1n Ujhelyi said Hungary had again been \u201cshamed\u201d as an EU member for \u201cthe government\u2019s sins\u201d.  P\u00e9ter Niederm\u00fcller, an MEP for the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called the government \u201cpathetic\u201d or failing to engage in a real debate and instead \u201crepeating its own propaganda lines\u201d.  Following the end of the hearing, Dutch Liberal MEP Sophia in \u2018t Veld\u00a0urged the European Peoples\u2019 Party\u00a0(EPP) to kick Orb\u00e1n\u2019s Fidesz out of its grouping, arguing that In a democracy there is pluralism, and that is what Orb\u00e1n wants to kill. For eight years Orb\u00e1n has been stifling opposition, criticism, it is a fake democracy. Fidesz Reactions    Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u00e1nth\u00f3, the director of the pro-government Center for Fundamental Rights, claimed that it was an \u201cillusion\u201d that Hungary had failed to observe EU laws, arguing that Hungary was a steady mid-fielder among EU member states from the point of view of the number of infringement procedures launched against it.  Meanwhile, Fidesz MEP Kinga G\u00e1l argued that she was baffled by the criticisms directed at Hungary, a country, she said, where demonstrators are not treated violently by the authorities, opposition politicians do not get arrested and journalists are not murdered. L\u00edvia J\u00e1r\u00f3ka, also a ruling party MEP, said Brussels applied double standards against Hungary.  Speaking the LIBE hearing, Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 turned away from issues of press freedom, democracy, and corruption, and toward one of the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s favorite talking points: that Hungary rejects illegal migration and the quota system, and would continue fighting for the interests and security of the Hungarian people. He said the government would not shy away from debate, but claimed that there was a wide gap between the views of Budapest and Brussels on most aspects of the issue, including \u201cthe concept of nation, respect for traditions, border defense and security\u201d. \u00a0He claimed that the EU, which has itself been the target of the Orb\u00e1n government\u2019s\u00a0\u201cStop Brussels!\u201d billboard campaign\u00a0earlier this year, was \u201cattacking\u201d Hungary.  Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 continued this line of commentary about migration issues at a press conference following the LIBE hearing, where he claimed that the committee and a large majority of European parliamentarians see illegal migration as a positive development, while the Hungarian government considered it a dangerous trend.  The Foreign Minister argued that the European Parliament\u2019s decision on mandatory migrant quotas \u201ccannot be implemented\u201d because there is no mechanism in place for keeping people settled within the Schengen Area in a given country. Further, the mandatory migrant quotas \u201crun totally counter to sober mindedness as well as to European laws and conventions.\u201d  He added that the Hungarian government considers it a violation of sovereignty if the EU wants to deprive them of the right to decide whom they allow to enter their territory. Moving into conspiratorial language, Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 claimed that he had \u201cno doubt\u201d that the report on Hungary \u201cis already in place\u201d and strongly reflected the political motivation behind \u201cthe political witch hunt\u201d against Hungary. He said the report would not be \u201cindependent of the position of US financier George Soros.\u201d  The Hungarian-American billionaire is currently the target of a lengthy Fidesz billboard and\u00a0\u2018National Consultation\u2019 campaign, calling on people to \u2018give their opinions\u2019 on the so-called \u201cSoros plan.\u201d Both Soros and other observers (including\u00a0Hungarian EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics, a member of Fidesz) have argued that there is no evidence that any such \u201cplan\u201d exists, and that the entire \u2018National Consultation\u2019 is in fact nothing more than a deceptive propaganda campaign. &nbsp;  Via MTI, Hungary Matters, europarl.europa.eu, index.hu, and EUobserver  Images via MTI and Twitter  Video via\u00a0audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu  Source:\u00a0hungarytoday.hu","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/","og_site_name":"Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BocskaiRadio","article_published_time":"2017-12-09T03:34:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":499,"url":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg","twitter_creator":"@BocskaiRadio","twitter_site":"@BocskaiRadio","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/"},"author":{"name":"Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3","@id":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8bcb55a841d5aae0d74dd77c82785eeb"},"headline":"AT UNPRECEDENTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING, HUNGARIAN GOV\u2019T ACCUSED OF RESTRICTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS","datePublished":"2017-12-09T03:34:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/"},"wordCount":1038,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D_MTI20171207001-e1512748498220.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/unprecedented-european-parliament-hearing-hungarian-govt-accused-restricting-fundamental-rights\/","name":"AT UNPRECEDENTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING, HUNGARIAN GOV\u2019T ACCUSED OF RESTRICTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS &#8211; 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