MEP Launches Petition to Bar PM Orbán from Assuming Council Presidency
Colleagues remain skeptical of the plot: “It’s not going to go anywhere … we’ll just have to pinch our noses for a few months.”
Colleagues remain skeptical of the plot: “It’s not going to go anywhere … we’ll just have to pinch our noses for a few months.”
Early exit of Council President Charles Michel could lead to Hungary’s conservative PM taking over—a nightmare for Brussels’ bureaucrats.
Ahead of the European elections, Belgium is pushing a tough federalist line.
Politico conveyed fears that Hungary during its Council presidency would “share sensitive information with Moscow.”
Spain’s EU Council Presidency was officially launched in Madrid, where both PM Sánchez and Commission President von der Leyen said they’d push through the Migration Pact regardless of Central European objections.
The Spanish-Belgian-Hungarian plan for the EU’s next 1.5 years is ambitious but vague, leaving much wriggle room for each of these very different countries’ unique legislative priorities. The long-term direction seems unchanged: more EU in everything.
As all leftist parties and the center-right EPP voted to support the unprecedented measures, 67 conservative MEPs took Hungary’s side, asking the Commission not to give in to the left’s politically motivated blackmail.
“We should strip this presidency of all glitter and glamor,” the mostly leftist coalition argued, saying that they can’t let Orbán become “face of the European Union.”
In an unprecedented move, the European Parliament has sought to block a democratically elected government from assuming the presidency of the Council of the EU.
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