Senior EPP officials pretending to be angry at their long-time ally, Viktor Orbán in Hungary.

Here's how you can tell it's fake: "senior officials declined to go on the record with their threats"
politico.eu/article/epp-vi…
Let's review how the @epp has backed Orbán's consolidation of dictatorship in Hungary for years...
All the times the European People's Party, @EPP, could have decided to #ExpelFidesz over the Hungarian ruling party's destruction of democracy in an EU member state...

...and all the times the EPP refused to do so.
The EU's democracy crisis is not new. It follows a decade of failing to address the erosion of fundamental values in member states, particularly Hungary, which became the model for Poland & others.

Read, "an Illiberal State 10 Years in the Making" bit.ly/3qzKqN4

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9 Dec
For #HumanRightsDay tomorrow, a long thread marking the 72nd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in its own words... Image
Preamble:

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind,
Read 37 tweets
29 Nov
It’s sometimes hard to describe to people just how disgusting and extremist Hungary’s dictatorship is. You can only show them the regime's words and hope they understand the deep depravity of things like belittling the Holocaust… with anti-Semitism…
This anti-Semitic belittling of the Holocaust is supported by the EU-wide alliance known as the European People’s Party, @epp.

Merkel: EPP.
@donaldtuskEPP: EPP.
@vonderleyen: EPP.
@ManfredWeber: EPP.
Dictator Viktor Orbán: EPP.
Hate is central to the dictatorship in Hungary. And it comes right from the top.

And Orbán's allies in the EU, the European People's Party, @epp, have been central to normalising his extremism in Europe.
Read 9 tweets
27 Nov
When you hate human rights and democracy so much, that you are willing to make yourself look ridiculous internationally...
Remember, this is the same ruling party extremist in Poland who said #LGBT people were not equal to other citizens, "We stop listening to these absurdities about so-called human rights..."
And this same person - Poland's education minister - also said people should have more children and beat the tar out of them.
reuters.com/article/worldN…
Read 5 tweets
26 Nov
Here's the chief propagandist of the Orbán regime in Hungary taking a break from his normal anti-Semitic rants to quote his dear leader...

As in every dictatorship, the ruler of Hungary has the delusion that he is the people and the law.
Meanwhile, on the @EPPGroup website right now, they are promoting their ally, the authoritarian ruling party of Hungary, which is currently trying to destroy democracy in the EU.
Read 5 tweets
25 Nov
"This government can't be undemocratic, because they were elected", is often heard and always wrong.

The false notion that "the will of the people" is the only thing that matters - that a democracy is nothing more than an election every few years...

Dangerously wrong.
Let me explain...

Say you & 9 other people are in a room, and 6 vote to throw you out the window. 6 out of 10: a majority!

Do you still think "the will of the people" is the only thing that matters?
Something may be "the will of the people", yet still be wrong, even horrific...

...because others things are more important, more fundamental than a popular vote.

Like human rights.
Read 7 tweets
17 Nov
The authoritarian governments of Hungary & Poland have blocked the EU's €1.82 trillion budget & Covid recovery package because their ruling parties refuse to respect rule of law.

This is a crisis of democracy that has been brewing a long time...
politico.eu/article/eu-in-…
How did the EU get itself into this mess?

1) It tolerated the Hungarian government's authoritarian moves, saying little & doing less for years, as Orbán & his ruling party gutted independent courts, free media, etc.

In short, the democratic bloc let a dictatorship get a veto
The European People's Party @epp (a group of parties from across EU) played a critical role, protecting & supporting their ally, Hungary ruling party Fidesz, nearly every step of the way.

Merkel, Tusk, von der Leyen, Weber, Juncker… All EPP.
hrw.org/news/2020/04/2…
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