At the expense of the member states - among other things, by converting the revenues of individual countries into EU revenues - Brussels would gain additional resources, and the draft report containing the proposal was also supported by the Tisza Party EP representatives.
The Tisza Party once again supported a proposal in the European Parliament (EP) that seriously harms Hungary's interests. In the document - which goes against the European Council's position on the European Union's 2025 budget draft on many points - it is advocated, among other things, that
Member States' revenues should be treated as EU revenues, and they are also planning to introduce completely new own resources at the expense of the Member States, in a way that goes against their financial sovereignty.
According to the motion written by the Romanian Victor Negrescu of the Social Democratic Party as a speaker, the loans of the recovery fund called Next Generation EU would be covered by the introduction of new sources of income, of which, by the way, Brussels has still not paid the part due to Hungary.
The representatives of the Tisza Party also supported the paragraph urging the introduction of new own resources during the roll-call vote, and in the final vote they also voted for the draft report, which otherwise did not receive a majority.
– The relevant text of the European Parliament's draft report is a serious attack on the financial sovereignty of the member states. It is not in Hungary's interest to change the revenues of the EU budget, an economic specialist familiar with EU affairs told the Hungarian Nation.
As he pointed out, the proposal supported by the Tisza party wants to take money from the Hungarians, in addition, according to his words, the new types of own resources included in the European Commission's plans are regressive, i.e. they favor the richer member states.
- In order to repay the Next Generation EU loans, there is absolutely no need to introduce new own funds, the current system also adequately provides the funds necessary for repayment, but it is fraudulent and dangerous to connect the two issues. Taxpaying citizens are being misled by those who claim that repayment can only be achieved by introducing new own resources.
For Hungary, the current system of own resources is adequate, the own resources based on the gross national income are sufficient and transparent income, it can be easily implemented, and it also ensures fair burden-sharing among the member states, explained the expert.
Péter Magyar and the other members of the European Parliament who won mandates from the Tisza Party have lobbied against Hungarian interests in several other cases in recent weeks. For example, they did not vote for the proposal of the Patriots, which also includes Fidesz, in which the largest right-wing faction called for the EU funds to be paid to Hungary.
On the other hand, the party led by Péter Magyar supported the migration pact, which, according to the plans, would settle immigrants in our country, just as they also stood behind the European Parliament resolution, which, among other things, would provide additional resources to "promote the protection of LGBTQ rights".
The Tisza leader also shocked Hungarian public opinion the other day by demanding the dismantling of the EU agricultural support system along the lines of Brussels' ideas, which in turn would bankrupt Hungarian farmers.
Cover photo: Péter Magyar, EP representative of the Tisza Party
Source: MTI/Tamás Purger
