The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has rejected a report by the Civil Liberties Committee on fundamental rights in Hungary and described it as “a threat to Europe”, during a heated debate with MEPs on 2 July 2013.
In a highly unusual step, Mr Orban came to Strasbourg to debate the report that was highly critical of a number of constitutional changes that his government has carried out in recent months.
These include tough laws on education, homelessness and election funding; and the committee’s report, written by Portuguese Green MEP Rui Tavares, says that his government should remove from the constitution those provisions that the Constitutional Court have already declared unconstitutional.
If Hungary fails to comply, MEPs say the Council of Ministers should invoke Article 7 of the EU Treaty that enables a formal investigation as to whether the EU’s fundamental rights have been breached.
However Mr Orban accused the report of being politically motivated, noting “my words will not change anything. The socialists, liberals and greens will vote against Hungary.”
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