Sassoli against Orban: “Those who don’t love democracy dismantle parliaments”

“In response to the comments of the Hungarian Prime Minister Orban on the European Parliament: only those who do not love democracy think about dismantling parliaments”. This is what the president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, wrote on his Twitter profile. The Hungarian premier Viktor Orban in fact asked this morning to reduce the power of the European Parliament. According to the head of the Budapest government, the national parliaments of the 27 EU member states should have the possibility to stop legislative processes in case areas of national competence are violated. “The EU Parliament has proved to be a dead end in terms respect for the criteria of European democracy “, Orban declared during a speech, given in Budapest, in memory of the departure of the last Soviet soldier from Hungary, which took place on June 19, 1991. The nationalist-conservative government of Orban has been several times accused of undermining the country’s democracy and has repeatedly clashed with EU officials over issues relating to the rule of law.