Ursula von der Leyen, in her statement, said that the cases brought by Hungary and Poland against the conditionality mechanism regarding the EU budget were previously rejected by the European Court of Justice, so the step taken by the EU Commission was correct.
Von der Leyen stated that the EU Commission gave the Hungarian government the opportunity to respond to the concerns and that the answers were also examined, and that as a result of the evaluations, it was decided to take the next step.
Von der Leyen pointed out that the biggest problem in Hungary is corruption and emphasized that the fight against corruption is very important for them.
32 BILLION EUROS IN DANGER
In March last year, Hungary and Poland brought the allocation of EU funds to the principle of “rule of law” before the EU Court of Justice.
In its decision announced on February 16, the European Court of Justice rejected the lawsuits filed by Hungary and Poland against the conditionality mechanism related to the EU budget, paving the way for the two member states’ benefit from the Union budget to comply with the rule of law.
At the end of the process, Hungary may lose about 32 billion euros of EU support in the next 5 years.
ORBAN RECEIVES 53 PERCENT OF THE VOTES
According to the data shared by the Hungarian National Election Office (NVI), the Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by Prime Minister Orban achieved 53 percent of the votes, well above the pre-election polls. “Union for Hungary”, the umbrella group formed by the Democratic Coalition (DK), Jobbik, Momentum, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), Hungarian Green Party (LMP) and the Dialogue Party for Hungary (PM), received approximately 35 percent of the votes.
The far-right Our Country (Mi Hazank), which received more votes than expected, received 6 percent of the votes and entered the parliament for the first time, passing the 5 percent electoral threshold.
Thus, the Fidesz-KDNP coalition won a two-thirds majority in the 199-seat parliament with 135 deputies.
“A VICTORY THAT CAN BE SEEN EVEN FROM THE MOON”
Orban, who made a victory speech after the election results, said, “We achieved a great success. We achieved a victory that can be seen even from the moon, it is definitely seen from Brussels.” had used the phrase. Stating that the opposition won the election despite an alliance, Orban stated that the opposition failed “despite the support of some international powers and institutions”.