
EU Threatens To Withhold More EU Funds from Hungary
Brussels says the country’s foreign influence law goes against EU values, despite the EU launching a similar package last year.
Brussels says the country’s foreign influence law goes against EU values, despite the EU launching a similar package last year.
Bratislava warned against passing ‘foreign agents’ law—despite Brussels preparing to do the same.
The Sweden Democrats’ lead candidate says Brussels is spending tens of millions in public funds on a thinly veiled campaign against the sovereigntist parties.
Governments in the three states—all facing strong conservative opposition parties—want to give Brussels more power to police media content.
While passing a similar foreign agent bill at home, Brussels is at odds with a proposed law in Georgia to constrain external NGOs ahead of Tbilisi’s 2030 entry to the bloc.
Many radicalising imams will not be affected by the ban, critics point out.
President Macron has been promising to tackle radical foreign Islamist influences since 2020.
Critics point out that the EU’s proposal is very similar to a Hungarian law which it condemned.