The attitude of Brussels towards Hungary, which applies double standards, significantly worsens the perception of the EU in Hungary, according to the Median survey, for example, support for EU membership among Hungarians dropped by 10 percentage points in a short period of time, said Dániel Deák, head of the XXI. Század Intézet's lead analyst in his usual weekly video analysis, which was published on the institute's Facebook page on Friday.
Dániel Deák reminded: the bomb exploded this week that the European Commission is withholding funds again in connection with the Erasmus university scholarship programs, and we also saw the government's response to this. The leading analyst talked about the political impact of this and what it is all about. Why the European Commission does not want to finance Erasmus scholarships, and why universities are now being hit by this type of Brussels sanction.
The leading analyst pointed to the objection of the Brussels bureaucracy that politicians sit on the boards of trustees of some universities. This is also the often-mentioned double standard, since it is also common practice for Western European universities to have politicians on their governing bodies. Moreover, earlier
as expected by the European Commission, the Hungarian government amended the relevant legislation, which was previously approved by Brussels.
The Hungarian government has also indicated that it is willing to apply stricter rules if requested. In light of this, if no agreement could be reached on the matter, the Hungarian government also indicated that it would turn to the European Court of Justice, as it is not possible to prohibit in Hungary what is common practice in other European countries.
The Erasmus story is therefore a good example of that, but there have already been many similar suggestions that
Brussels applies a double standard to Hungary. He objects to things related to the functioning of the Hungarian institutional system, which are common practice in other countries.
With this, they are trying to divert attention from what their real problem is with Hungary. Because it is not, say, who sits on a university board of trustees in Miskolc.
The real problem with Hungary in Brussels is that Hungary does not support the sanctions, that Hungary introduced the Child Protection Act and that Hungary takes strict action against illegal immigration. Although the dollar media previously denied this in vain, today the left-liberal press is also openly talking about it, Dániel Deák pointed out.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
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