Dutch MEP for the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, Sophie in’t Veld, had proposed the plenary debate on the state of democracy, rule of law and the fundamental rights in Hungary for Wednesday afternoon.

She cited recent remarks by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and actions taken by the police against NGOs as concerns.

Esteban Gonzales Pons, a Portuguese MEP for the European People’s Party, said, however, that his party’s group had rejected the proposal since there was no reason to hold a debate in the assembly rather than in the EP’s human rights committee.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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