The Senate hearing of David Pressman, who is affiliated with the Democratic Party, has ended.
Today, the Senate heard David Pressman, who is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The ambassador-designate worked as a human rights advisor alongside the recently deceased former foreign minister Madeleine Albright, and during the presidency of Barack Obama, between 2014 and 2017, he represented his country at the UN at the ambassadorial level.
Support for civil organizations oppressed by the Hungarian government,
government attacks on the LGBTQ community and Russian influence over the Hungarian government
were the most important questions of David Pressman's hearing as ambassador-designate, HVG reported.
"Declining Democracy"
According to the article, Pressman explained that all assessments point to the fact that democracy is indeed declining in Hungary, but this decline is a euphemism, because it hides the intention behind the reduction of press freedom and the influence of the judiciary. "We need to talk about this with government officials, but civil organizations should also be supported with as many means as possible so that they can participate in democratic processes," he said.
One senator asked Pressman a question about LGBTQ rights. According to Pressman, in this field, the essence is basically the exclusion of certain communities from democratic processes,
whether it's about homophobic, anti-Semitic or anti-Gypsy propaganda".
