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Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.

Denmark wants Europe to deploy its full legal arsenal against Hungary over violations of the bloc’s fundamental rights, including by pursuing the Article 7 so-called nuclear option against Budapest.

“We are still seeing a violation on fundamental values,” Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre told reporters in Aarhus, where the European Commission is on a visit as Copenhagen takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. “That is why we will continue the Article 7 procedure and the hearing on Hungary.”

Article 7 is a clause in the EU treaty that allows countries to vote to exclude or penalize a member that falls afoul of the bloc’s rules. It’s widely considered to be a nuclear legal option, which the EU has so far stopped short of using despite Brussels saying that Hungary has violated its laws.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 12 points 12 hours ago

I mean this is coming kinda late. Maybe if the eu did this 8 years ago hungary and the eu would be in a better place but we are just about to (hopefully) elect a government that actually gives a shit. Only hopefully because theres still big chance that the current government(which has been ruling for 15 years) will cheat the elections and even if they win they might not be perfect.

[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 106 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It says Hungary was violating Brussels laws, but doesn't explain what and the nuances of why the Danish are going after Hungary.

From what I found: Hungary put a new law in place that says they can investigate and prosecute anyone that "threatens the sovereignty of Hungary" [source]. But because of how the law is written, it violates the EU policy that states citizens have the right to privacy.

It seems like the Danish are pulling an article 7 (to block Hungary from voting) so they can boot out Hungary who is an opponent to Ukraine becoming an EU member; which is causing problems with the EU supporting Ukraine against Russia

[–] seanblxck@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Thank you for this

[–] Sgarcnl@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago
[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Yes! Kick that gross leech out!

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 10 points 1 day ago

You love to see it.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's good to see Lee Jae Myung cracking down like this. His nation may be surrounded on three sides by cold sea, but that won't stop him!

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Did you comment in the wrong thread? Am I missing a parallel?

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

For me, the article at the link has been replaced by one about South Korea, so the thumbnail is of the wrong leader.

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

That's curious! I haven't seen this before. It's still talking about and showing a picture of Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre for me.

Must be a Lemmy glitch of some sort. Lemmy glitch of some sort. glitch of some sort. glitch of some sort. (:P)

[–] Tja@programming.dev 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It's confusing because Denmark is surrounded by a cold sea from 3 sides...

[–] Eril@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Because of that, I actually considered for a moment that some government official in denmark is called Lee Jae Myung. 😅