
Academics and Students Decry Erasmus Ban at EU Parliament Hearing
Students and academics discussed the direct impact the EU sanctions would have on their academic lives, while most believe the ban will be overturned by the ECJ.
Students and academics discussed the direct impact the EU sanctions would have on their academic lives, while most believe the ban will be overturned by the ECJ.
The Polish opposition attempts to take power by getting the EU involved, MEP Balázs Hidvéghi remarked, adding that Poland “is able to follow its path without constant lessons from the West.”
Romania’s pro-EU government changed rules impacting the courts, despite human rights groups warning that the reforms represent a clear threat to judicial independence. The EU Commission failed to act.
Poland’s quarrel with Eurocrats looks set to return as Polish officials brandished a ruling by the EU Court of Justice as a “farce.”
“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.”
EU funds must be disbursed without political bias, the delegation stressed, but as Minister Navracsics noted, the MEPs themselves were prone to partiality, inevitable since they hadn’t read the document’s contents.
Although the reforms should be enough to unlock half of the €27 billion worth of frozen funds, the European Commission will likely take its time to use it as leverage on the LGBT and migration front as well.
All leftist parliamentary groups joined the effort to keep Hungary grounded, signed just a day before Budapest announced a major breakthrough in the negotiations with Brussels on the release of the frozen funds.
“I would ask you not to stigmatize those with a different identity or faith,” Hungarian MEP Tamás Deutch replied after PM Xavier Bettel accused Hungary of homophobia.
Apart from Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Beijing’s increasingly muscular position on its claim to Taiwan and the South China Sea is bringing the G7 considerable anxiety.