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    Plenary Flash - 17-20 October 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: COP27, rule of law and media freedom in Malta, alternative fuel infrastructure, general budget for the EU for 2023, Frontex discharge 2020, social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax
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    Systemic problems, systemic infringements : the case of Hungary

    In this paper we analyse the independence of the Hungarian judiciary, and argue that Hungary is not a rule of law state, the judiciary does not operate according to the principles of constitutional democracy. We also show how judicial capture affects all segments of the public sphere, illustrated by the examples of academic freedom, med…
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    MEPs condemn violent crackdown on protests, urge Iran respect fundamental rights

    The European Parliament voted on a resolution on the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran. The Greens/EFA strongly condemn the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, and all victims of unrestrained violence of security forces. The Greens/EFA call on the Council and Commission to apply pressure to the Iranian authorities to immediately stop…
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    Legalise stealing money - Thumbnail
    Legalise stealing money - Thumbnail
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    Hungary: How to legalise stealing EU money

    How did Viktor Orbán manage to legalise a decade of stealing EU money? Greens/EFA MEP Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield explains it in one minute.
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    Press release |

    Commission must not rubber stamp away the rule of law in Hungary

    MEPs will debate proposals by the Commission to protect the EU budget from systemic corruption in Hungary in public procurement, under the rule of law conditionality mechanism. The Commission appears to be moving toward deeming anti-corruption proposals by the Hungarian government satisfactory enough to suggest for the Council to end the …
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    Diana Riba stands with Iranian Women

    EFA MEP Diana Riba shows her solidarity with woman in Iran and their fight for freedom.
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    Sonia Guajajara - Thumbnail
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    Sônia Guajajara, our Sakharov Prize nominee

    Sônia Guajajara is a brave human rights defender from Brazil and our Sakharov Prize nominee. She fights for the rights of Indigenous peoples and for the protection of the Amazonia forest.
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    Plenary Flash - 3-6 October 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: energy prices and cost of living, rule of law conditionality regulation in the case of Hungary, common charger for electronic devices, repression of women's rights protesters in Iran, Ocean Governance and the protection of biodiversity
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    © European Union 2022 - Source : EP
    © European Union 2022 - Source : EP
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    MEPs recognise Hungary no longer fully democratic

    Members of the European Parliament have voted to support the findings of Greens/EFA MEP, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield’s report into the “Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded”. The report states that Hungary has moved from being a democracy to a ‘hybrid regime of electoral autoc…
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    Plenary Flash - 12-15 September 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: the debate on the State of the Union, the deforestation regulation, adequate minimum wages in the EU, energy efficiency and renewable energy directives, Hungary's breach of EU law, action at EU level to ensure human treatment of migrants in Europe,...