The statement of the Ministry of Justice: " In recent weeks, the heads of government of several European Union member states and EU officials have made such harsh and anti-democratic statements regarding the child protection law adopted by the Hungarian Parliament that they have crossed a red line.

Against the harsh and anti-democratic political and power attacks on Hungary, our country must defend itself by using all available European legal instruments. It is unacceptable that some bureaucrats use EU law for daily ideological battles.

The common European values ​​and fundamental rights that are important to all of us cannot be seen as a menu from which the representatives of the European ideological mainstream arbitrarily choose what is dear to their hearts and what they are disgusted by. The protection of the individual and community rights of the members of indigenous national minorities, the full recognition of the national and constitutional sovereignty and independence of the EU member states, the right of communities to self-determination and the value of child protection are not optional, but a guiding European law and value for everyone!

We Central Europeans know well what it is like when the state party and the dictatorial system it operates want to educate children instead of parents. We did not allow the communists to do this either, so we do not allow the self-proclaimed apostles of liberal democracy to raise children instead of Hungarian parents.

For this very reason, the Government calls on the Minister of Justice in a resolution to implement Act LXXIX of 2021 on stricter action against pedophile offenders and amending certain laws for the protection of children. fully inform the actors of European political life about the regulatory content and legislative goals of the Act.

The Government also asks the Minister of Justice to discuss the Government's child protection policy and the measures taken in this regard, as well as the Government's position regarding attacks on the Hungarian child protection policy - on behalf of the Government and with its full authority - with the European Union and member state bodies and officials. make it known.”

The announcement was issued by: Ministry of Justice