FM Szijjártó Calls on Justice Commissioner to ‘Stop Insulting Hungarians and Poles’

MTI-Hungary Today 2020.12.07.

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has called on European justice commissioner Didier Reynders to “stop insulting Hungarians and Poles”.

Szijjártó noted on Facebook on Saturday that Reynders said in an interview concerning the EU budget that Hungary and Poland should be bypassed if they cannot be convinced to vote for it.

EU Commissioner Calls for Continued Article 7 Procedure against Hungary, Poland

The European Union’s Article 7 procedures currently under way against Hungary and Poland should be upheld until issues around the rule of law in those countries are resolved, Didier Reynders, EU Commissioner for Justice, told the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (LIBE), in Brussels late on Monday. Reynders said, however, […]Continue reading

“My friend Didier, without wishing to offend your country, let me please note to you the fact that we Poles and Hungarians have fought for our freedom against dictatorships and have done as much for European unity as the country that has delegated you to the European Commission,” he wrote.

Featured photo by MTI/European Council/Mario Salerno