#HU24EU has started, and while many expressed concerns, I largely agree with this blog, that the presidency is also to bring the HU citizens closer to the EU, and the EU closer to HU citizens. The RoL battle against HU has to be fought elsewhere verfassungsblog.de/the-hungarian-…

"The writer is prime minister of Hungary" must be kidding when he writes: "Our experience in Hungary shows that economic success requires competition and a business-friendly environment." See how HU gov has been breaking down, what he calls competition: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

4 yrs ago POLITICO cited a European Commission official saying: “With competition law tools it’s very hard to address the Hungarian situation.” Tomorrow, I will discuss which competition law tools European Commission could use to address RoL issues in HU. greens-efa.eu/en/article/eve…

"Mit dem Wettbewerbsrecht gegen Orbáns Klientelismus" - honour to be cited in Die Presse thanks to Oliver Grimm

Wilders and his party PVV joins Patriots for Europe! Is this Orban haunting HUs who thought they could live a country free of Orban and his ideologies?!

How Viktor Orbán challenges the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. PETER VAN ELSUWEGE (Peter Van Elsuwege) on Orbán’s self-declared ‘peace diplomacy’ - and why it is problematic under the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. verfassungsblog.de/how-viktor-orb…

#egopolitika

A must read by Gary O'Donoghue bbc.com/news/articles/…

(Ridiculously) low salary for Hungarian judges jeopardize their independence - according to a HU judge filing a complaint to the European Commission "HU budget of 40k billion forints doesn't include money for the proper functioning of the most basic democratic institution."

‼️Hungary challenges #EMFA at the CJEU, focus is the legal basis, Art.114 TFEU. Not an unsurprising act, though unexpected Hungary v Parliament and Council, Case C-486/24

The question I've been thinking of for some time: what is the new NL gov approach to HU? New NL prime min Schoof is certainly no Rutte, and with that the firm and hard opposition to Orbán is gone nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/07…

Ursula 2.0 🇪🇺

Who is Viktor #Orbán?🤔 A proud advocate for “illiberal democracy,” Hungarian prime minister Orbán has become a favorite of the far-right by using the tools of democracy AGAINST democracy. Learn how he's restructured Hungary's politics in his favor (a thread👇🧵) 1/8

Join us tomorrow at Amsterdam Law School discussing Hungary's "child protection" law discriminating against LGBTIQ+ communities. I will be speaking about the ways HU gov (mis)uses consumer law to mainstream its illiberal and anti-gender agenda papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Exactly 6 yrs (12.09.2018) after the adoption of Judith Sargentini report in EP establishing "the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded", Tineke Strik appointed EP rapporteur on RoL in HU - Sterkte!

Neutral neoliberalism - in Orbán's case that is authoritarian neoliberalism coupled with economic populism is the real content of how he and his gov sees EU's new competitiveness tool to be negotiated in Nov by #HU24EU

For next time anyone asking questions on TISZA party HU👇