Hungary and Slovakia Block Declaration on Democracy in EU

Hungary and Slovakia block Declaration on Democracy in EU

Hungarian Minister of European Union Affairs, Janos Boka, noted that after a meeting of the EU General Affairs Council, Hungary and Slovakia did not support the proposal to strengthen democracy in Europe, presented by Poland, which currently chairs the EU Council. Boka explained that the European institutions and some EU member states misinterpret the sustainability of democracy. In particular, the Hungarian minister pointed out that the documen…

The conclusions on strengthening the EU ' s democratic sustainability should have been signed by all European Union member States, but this did not happen.

The proposal on strengthening democratic resilience in Europe, put forward by the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, was not supported by Hungary and Slovakia.