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"Mr President, during the holiday period the attention of the international media turned towards Hungary with unprecedented vigour. Not only left-leaning but also respectable conservative papers were full of stories about Hungary. Sadly, all serious reports were negative. Hungary is suffering from a double crisis: an economic and fiscal crisis as a result of the government’s irrational and at times openly dishonest and destructive policies.
We also have a legal and political crisis as a result of the new basic law and a series of cardinal laws approved in a hurry. The Commission has realised that something has gone seriously wrong in Hungary, but I call the attention of the European institutions to the fact that it is not only the law on the Central Bank data protection and the judiciary which violates the common values and legal rules of the EU: the legislative frenzy last December resulted in a carpet-bombing of the rule of law and the system of checks and balances.
All non-governmental state institutions have had their autonomy stripped away on a systematic basis. The new legal set-up has restricted the jurisdiction of the constitutional court, the ombudsmen and the competition office. It has emptied out the budget office and made a mockery of the court of auditors and media supervision.
Leaders of all state institutions have been appointed by the ruling party and will stay in office well beyond the mandate of the present government. Their term in office is secured by cardinal laws. To add insult to injury, many laws were approved without the slightest chance for the parliamentary opposition to influence their content.
Legislative drafts arrived at the last minute as individual initiatives inhibiting public debate and professional control. The old constitution, which was not a Stalinist one, was modified ten times in a period of one and a half years to avoid scrutiny. The first president of the constitutional court called this practice a destruction of the constitutional culture. The aim of this rampage was stated by the Prime Minister, who said in an interview last summer that he intends to tie the hands of the next ten governments.
As a result of this legal carpet-bombing, Hungary may become ungovernable for a long time. German papers labelled the government as ‘Rechtskonservativ’. It is a mistake. This regime nationalised the mandatory private pension system, trampling the sanctity of private property underfoot. Having destroyed the trust of investors it was not able to reduce public debt; it wasted 10% of GDP and had nothing to show for it. Pain and suffering was inflicted upon the people without any reason and result. Depositors now take their savings to Austria in droves. Populist and nationalist policies damage the interests of Hungary.
We true conservatives expect Europe to help us defend the rule of law and fight for the restoration of democratic institutions in Hungary. We know that it is our struggle and only the Hungarian people can bring about democratic change. Rest assured we will continue the fight."@en1
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