Although the Fidesz faction asked the board to condemn the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in a joint resolution, the initiative was voted down. Meanwhile, another corruption case came to light.
The Patriots for Europe faction initiated a debate in the European Parliament on Wednesday about the assassination attempt against Donald Trump and political violence in Europe.
Gál Kinga, the first vice-president of the group, called it an honor to be able to speak for the first time in the EP on behalf of their new faction. He emphasized that
political violence has no place in our societies, and it must be condemned even if it is directed against sovereignist and patriotic politicians, including the assassination attempt against Donald Trump.
He requested that the panel hold a debate on the attack and political violence in Europe on the same day, and then issue a resolution on it.
In the end, the proposal received 337 nos with 119 yeses and 15 abstentions, so it was rejected.
The head of the Fidesz delegation also drew attention to the fact that on Tuesday their faction was excluded from the distribution of vice-presidential seats, which, according to him, "dishonored 18 million voters" and violated democracy and their own rules.
Von der Leyen's call for a boycott even made the Germans sick
The call of Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, to boycott the Hungarian Council Presidency is now being criticized not only from Hungary, but also from Germany - Die Welt .
Since Brussels doesn't like Orbán's foreign trips, they are boycotting Hungary: what a pathetic, small-scale spectacle on the part of the EU - at the expense of Europe!"
- writes Gerhard Papke , president of the German-Hungarian Society of Germany, former parliamentary group leader of the FDP and vice-president of the provincial parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia.
European Union Minister János Bóka was also outraged by the decision. "The EU committee cannot choose which institutions and ministers it wants to cooperate with. Are all committee decisions now based on political considerations?” he said on X.
The left-wing MEP failed, another corruption scandal in Brussels
VRT.be reported on Tuesday . allegations against the member of the Renew Europe , which once included Momentum, Belgian weekly newspaper Knack
Vautmans gave them tasks unrelated to his own job.
In the case, the European Public Prosecutor's Office called on the authorities to investigate, Mandiner .
Vautmans denied the allegations against him and told the Belgian news agency that he was not aware of any investigation and had only learned about the news from the press.
The representative emphasized that he always used EU funds in accordance with the relevant legislation. He emphasized that if there is indeed a case against him, he will fully cooperate with the authorities and urged that he be heard as soon as possible.
Ursula von der Leyen drowns in her own corruption scandal a day before the crucial election
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today that the European Commission did not give "sufficiently broad access" to the Covid-19 vaccine contracts and found irregularities in its justification for redacting parts of the documents, Politico .
The verdict was made a day before the decisive vote: Ursula von der Leyen must get the support of 361 MEPs on Thursday to be re-confirmed as the head of the European Commission.
The case was brought by a group of Green MEPs who requested access to the vaccine contracts and certain related documents in order to understand the 2021 agreement between the Commission and the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers.
The Commission was only partially willing to provide insight into certain contracts, citing the protection of commercial interests and data protection reasons.
The MEPs then took the case to court.
On Wednesday, the EU's highest administrative court ruled that the Commission's decision to simply cut sections of the treaties from the published version was "irregular". He found that the Commission
"has not demonstrated that wider access to the said clauses would actually undermine the commercial interests of the said undertakings".
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