Over a month after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was granted controversial “rule-by-decree” powers, the five Nordic countries have become the latest to raise concerns. Hungary has summoned their ambassadors. Hungary accused five Nordic countries Monday of spreading “fake news” over coronavirus emergency powers granted to Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has summoned the ambassadors of the five countries over the comments they made about the controversial law.
Szijjarto said that Hungary “wanted no pitiful hypocritical tutelage” from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The law, adopted on March 30, enables Orban to rule by decree with no fixed time limit because of the coronavirus crisis. Critics have said it gives Orban unprecedented authoritarian power. Prominent EU lawmakers have raised concerns about the ramifications of the new law in the EU member state.
The five northern European foreign ministers wrote in a letter dated May 6 that they “shared the concerns” raised by Buric. Orban has been a controversial figure since he was elected in 2010. He told the EU in March that he does not hold unlimited powers and the parliament — where his Fidesz party holds two-thirds of the seat — could withdraw the law at any time.
On Wednesday, the European Parliament will hold a session to discuss the rule of law in Hungary. The center-right European People’s Party are among those backing the debate. Their leader, Donald Tusk, has called for Fidesz to be expelled from the group.
Source: DW
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