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Von der Leyen attacks Orban: “Shameful law, Hungary discriminates against LGBTs”. EU ready to block 7.2 billion in funds

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“The heads of state and government have conducted a very personal and emotional discussion on the Hungarian law, practically homosexuality is placed at the level of pornography, and this law does not serve the protection of children, it is a pretext for discrimination. This law is shameful ». Thus the President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen at the plenary debate in the European Parliament on the conclusions of the last European Council.

The president of the Commission then said that “if Hungary does not adjust the shot the Commission will use the powers conferred on it as guarantor of the treaties, we must clearly say that we use these powers regardless of the member state”.

«On the future of our EU – continued Von der Leyen – we have different opinions, but we must accept the right for everyone to express their opinion openly without humiliating or criticizing others. We must agree on the right of everyone to decide his life as he wants. There are many places in the world where you can make good money and do good business, but when it comes to living in peace and freedom there is no better place than Europe, Europeans are different but there are values ​​that unite us. Long live Europe ».

The EU would also be ready to block its Recovery plan, keeping the seven billion it asks for on standby, probably pending an opening by the government on the various fronts of confrontation with the EU. Brussels must comment on the Hungarian PNRR by Monday 12 July. The case had already been raised by the president of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, Dacian Ciolos, who in a letter sent to the president of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen asked not to “give the green light to the plan” for the Recovery “of Orban », Freezing the 7 billion euro destined for Budapest, until a series of conditions have been met, such as access to the list of final beneficiaries of the PNRR money at the EU anti-fraud office (Olaf). Ciolos stressed that “corruption in Viktor Orban’s Hungary is endemic and systemic”, a problem raised several times by the European Commission itself.

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But the possibility of blocking Budapest funds due to the risk of corruption is inevitably linked to the other ongoing clash with Brussels, that on LGBTQ rights. The European Commission is already working on a letter of formal notice for the law that Orban stubbornly refuses to change, despite the fierce criticism received from all the other European leaders even during a very open confrontation at the last European summit. The Commission hoped to see a step back, or at least some changes to the law created, according to the government, to protect children from gay propaganda. But after the official request for clarification, Brussels has made it known that it is not satisfied, and barring changes of direction by the Orban government, the opening of an infringement procedure appears inevitable.

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