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". Mr President, in December, the European Commissioner, Ms Reding, sent the Hungarian Minister of Justice a letter requiring him to explain a certain number of things. Just a few hours later, the Hungarian Minister replied to this letter by means of a 19-page mail. Having read all that, I get the feeling there are two ways of looking at things. However, what is clear is that, as the guardian of the Treaties, how the Commission sees things will prevail in a debate like this. I also note that, in recent days and weeks, the Hungarian Prime Minister, Mr Orbán, and other representatives of Hungary have said that they are ready and willing to comply with the Commission’s verdict and to take part in the infringement proceedings. Objectively speaking, that is what is at stake, and not much else. As for the rest, people are behaving as if something very sinister and terrible was going on in Hungary. Why? Because of some appointment or another that might become Central Bank policy. Is this really a massive violation of the human rights of the entire Hungarian population? Although in this case highly political, does the appointment of the data protection supervisor really equate to a violation of human rights of millions of Hungarians? I do not think so. If there is reason to believe that such problems exist, we need to take a closer look at matters. That is what the Commission is doing. The Commission will tell us what its findings are and we will act accordingly, working alongside it more likely than not. However, acting as we are as if the most sinister totalitarianism were on its way back, under the pretext that some laws do not tally with Community law, this all seems a bit over the top in my opinion and, Mr Cohn-Bendit, you know this too."@en1
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