“If Brussels did not attack us, there would be no need for a referendum,” Orban said on the Hungarian state radio on Friday. He accused the EU Commission of Hungary “to blackmail, threaten and pay off the Hungary delay due funds “.
Orban was combative on Kossuth radio: “We will win the battle,” he announced. Hungary will not give in to the demands, because it is about the Hungarian children, whose upbringing is exclusively the Hungary would be due. “Liberalism restricts my parental freedom,” said the Hungarian head of government. The liberals have become opponents of freedom.
Hungary wants its own reconstruction fund
Orban accused Brussels of slowing down the disbursement of EU funds from the reconstruction fund because of the controversial law. “After the Child Protection Act was passed, we suddenly became very corrupt,” he said. Because of the lack of money from Brussels Hungary create its own reconstruction fund.
Dispute over censorship law
Orban announced a referendum on Wednesday on the controversial law targeting non-heterosexual people. Among other things, the law prohibits advertising in which homosexuals or transsexuals appear as part of normality. The EU Commission sees it as discriminatory and has taken steps against Hungary initiated.
Schallenberg: Hungary has crossed the red line
Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) welcomed the proceedings initiated by the EU Commission against Hungary in the “Vorarlberger Nachrichten” (Friday). “A red line has really been crossed here”. Mixing different topics in one law has a completely new quality, according to Schallenberg.
European Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) also has Hungary criticized for the announced referendum on the controversial LGBTIQ law. “It cannot be that a law will be passed in the 21st century that violates the principles of the EU, that is contrary to equality,” said Edtstadler before the informal meeting of EU foreign and European ministers on Friday in Brdo, Slovenia, near Kranj . Edtstadler described the referendum on the law to restrict information on homosexuality and transsexuality as a national decision, but emphasized that this did not change the fact that the controversial law had already been passed. “No matter what comes out of the referendum, the legislative process is already over,” she said. The decisive factor is what comes out of the infringement proceedings initiated by the EU Commission and “how” Hungary deals with it “.
The abbreviation LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. LGTBIQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual and queers, an umbrella term for people from the LGBT community.
