"Hungary must get down on its knees," said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in relation to Hungary's child protection law. about it here . the Mandiner article, in the meantime, the Dutch legislature also passed a resolution condemning the Hungarian anti-pedophile child protection law.
According to the approved text, they speak out against "the dismantling of the democratic rule of law and the violation of fundamental human rights in Hungary".
But so far no one has reported that not everyone in the Dutch parliament agreed with this. Dr. Pepjin van Houwelingen, representative of the Forum for Democracy (FvD) party, said in the debate before the vote that he would defend Hungary, since it is "not here in the meeting room at the moment". According to the politician, Prime Minister Mark Rutte is traveling to the EU summit in order to educate the Central and Eastern European countries. Van Houwelingen highlighted that while Rutte is afraid of Hungarian democracy, the Netherlands ignored referendum results during his prime ministership. In addition to the mentioned incident, the right-wing politician accused Rutte of several cases that call into question the credibility of the prime minister's concerns.
He mentioned, for example, when, with the knowledge of the Rutte cabinet, the Dutch tax office illegally denied subsidies to thousands of families. Mark Rutte and his government also fell into this case. (Then he was re-elected - ed.)
Van Houwelingen also drew attention to the double standard applied to Central and Eastern Europe. In his opinion, while the countries of the mentioned region are criticized for not being "gay-friendly" enough, they encourage immigration to Europe from Muslim-majority countries where homosexuality is specifically illegal, and in some cases a crime.
The decision was voted for by the left-liberal majority, several right-wing parties, including the FvD and Geert Wilders' Freedom Party, voted against it.
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