Saturday, May 20, 2017

#EU: Far-Left Parties In EU Parliament To Investigate Whether Member State Hungary Is Still A Democracy

[world politics news]


In an unprecedented move, the European Parliament have called for the triggering of a check on the state of Hungary's democracy which could lead to the suspension of the country's EU voting rights. A resolution proposed by the socialists, far-left parties, the greens and the liberals to trigger Article 7 of the EU treaty was passed with a majority of 393 votes against 221. Votes from members of the center-right European People’s Party tilted the balance.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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