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"en.20120216.23.4-298-000"2
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"Hungary has a new, democratically elected government, which, like every government, has issued new laws. We now hear arguments that fundamental freedoms are under threat and that the EU is therefore concerned about the position of the Hungarian people. Of course, breaches of basic rights cannot be permitted in any EU Member State. The high level of fundamental rights and freedoms must be maintained and upheld. Nonetheless, in relation to the criticism of Hungary, the question arises whether everyone’s motivations are entirely pure. Hungary has elected a government of the ‘right’, which is obviously a thorn in sides of the ‘left-leaning’ governments in other Member States and those politically correct Members of this House. Thus, some fairly flimsy arguments have been brought forward and we have heard criticism of things that are tolerated in other Member States. In Austria and other EU Member States, appointments to the central bank and the Constitutional Court are also
political appointments. Not all Member States of the Union have the same high standards when it comes to protecting human rights, which is, of course, regrettable. This is precisely why basic rights should not be used as a trumped up argument, otherwise some day, such arguments will be seen as just empty words. For these reasons, I have voted against the resolution."@en1
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