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"Madam President, yesterday, we commemorated the end of the Second World War and today we celebrate Europe Day. It has to be said that the European Union constitutes a very distinctive and unique model, built primarily on democracy and the coexistence of nations in the European Union.
At a time when we are commemorating such a significant anniversary, it is all the more dispiriting for us that, just a few days beforehand, the Hungarian Parliament, and later the President of Hungary, sign a constitution that runs counter to the fundamental principles of democracy. It is also unfortunate because the Hungarian Government, and Hungary as a country, currently holds the Presidency of the European Union.
Viktor Orbán, as the Hungarian prime minister, has ridden roughshod over fundamental democratic principles. Not only has he refused to cooperate with the opposition in the adoption of this basic law of his country, but, because of the way the constitution has been conceived, he has very fundamentally undermined the rights of minorities, and destabilised good neighbourly relations between EU Member States. I therefore hope that the Venice Commission’s findings will be directed towards the adoption by this Parliament of a resolution demonstrating that the Fidesz government is bad for Hungary."@en1
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