EU MPs Urge Leadership to Swiftly Decide on Hungary's Breaches of Bloc's Values

14:22 GMT, 12 November 2018

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Members of the European Parliament held a meeting on November 12 to address issues related to the rule of law in Hungary and urged the EU leadership to take a swift action against Budapest over its refusal to share the values when it comes to accepting EU standards in migration policy.

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"We have to emphasize that we await a more appropriate and formal Council meeting for handling a matter of the highest significance for the rule of law within the EU… We must draw a line when it comes to breaches in a Member State of our shared European values of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights. It is now to the Member States to act in a swift, open and effective manner," EU Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee Chair Claude Moraes said.

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The statement was made after in September, the European Parliament voted to proceed with disciplinary action against Hungary under Article 7 of the EU Treaty. The report prepared by the parliament earlier this year said Budapest was at "clear risk of a serious breach of EU values." Depending on the results of future proceedings under Article 7, the country may have some of its membership rights suspended.

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Previous to that, in July, Hungary withdrew from a UN global agreement on standard ways for countries to address migration-related issues. Budapest cited concerns over security as the reason for leaving the recently-agreed pact.

In accordance with the quotas on migrant redistribution, each EU state is expected to take in a certain number of refugees. The system has been the source of conflict in the bloc as several countries have been unwilling to meet the requirements.