Opinion Video: How Hungary Ran Out of Friends and Money
- 27 Mar 2024 12:52 PM
Source: TLDR News
Source: TLDR News
Those regularly attending the weekly demonstrations "are showing determination and resilience, the only things besides force that the powers that be are afraid of," independent lawmaker Akos Hadhazy said in downtown Budapest.
Tamara Capeta, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), published her opinion on Hungary's child protection law on Thursday, and said that "by prohibiting or restricting access to LGBTI content, Hungary infringed EU law."
The Hungarian State Treasury has "unlawfully" withdrawn more than 10 billion forints (EUR 24.8m) from Budapest's accounts, and the municipality has halted payments to some municipality-owned companies to preserve liquidity, Gergely Karácsony, the city's mayor, told a press conference.
The Hungarian government wants to definitely avoid a situation where Ukraine’s fast-tracked accession to the European Union would make Hungary a destination for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian jobseekers and a "gateway for the Ukrainian mafia", Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister said.
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