Thread by @astroehlein

At least one part of the EU has finally realised it's impossible to work with the abusive regime in Hungary...

You can't cooperate with a member state where rule of law has no meaning.
nyti.ms/3r0XvP4

Remember, the Hungarian ruling party's hate-driven lawlessness that forced Frontex to make this decision has been supported for years by the European People's Party.

The @EPP/@EPPGroup helped their partner Fidesz as it created a dictatorship in Hungary.

The EU is no longer a club of exclusively democracies.

And the creation of the dictatorship in Hungary has been supported by the European People's Party,
@EPP/@EPPGroup, ally of Hungary's ruling party Fidesz for years.

hrw.org/news/2020/04/2…

The EU stood by as a dictatorship emerged in Hungary in large part because the EU's largest political group, the European People's Party - including leaders like @JunckerEU @vonderleyen @ManfredWeber @donaldtuskEPP & Merkel - backed their Hungarian ally Fidesz.

The Hungarian ruling party, Fidesz, has led a full-on assault against independent media to undermine critics & those who would expose their corruption.

Supported by the European People's Party, @EPP/@EPPGroup.

hrw.org/news/2020/07/2…

voanews.com/europe/index-r…

The Hungarian ruling party, Fidesz, has been similarly attacking academic freedom for years. (Recall #freeszfe #istandwithCEU)

Attacks supported by the European People's Party, @EPP/@EPPGroup.

hrw.org/news/2020/09/0…

nytimes.com/2020/09/06/wor…

The leader of the Hungarian ruling party, Fidesz, and dictator of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, talks like an extremist mass murderer.

He has been supported by the European People's Party,
@EPP/@EPPGroup for years regardless.

https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1114880518250745857

Hungary's ruling party, Fidesz, has undermined the independence of the courts.

Supported by the European People's Party, @EPP/@EPPGroup for years.

hrw.org/news/2018/12/1…

Hungary's ruling party, Fidesz, literally starves people in state custody.

Fidesz continues to be supported by the European People's Party, @EPP/@EPPGroup.

hrw.org/news/2018/08/2…

dw.com/en/un-hungary-…

Hungary's ruling party, Fidesz, launches anti-Semitic attacks against philanthropists, journalists & others, spreading ugly conspiracy theories.

The European People's Party, @EPP/@EPPGroup, remains allied to Fidesz regardless.

hrw.org/news/2017/07/1…

https://twitter.com/Stephen_G_Brown/status/1302686088507654144

Throughout it all - with every step that the Hungarian ruling party has destroyed democracy and brought dictatorship to the heart of the EU - the European People's Party
@EPP/@EPPGroup has stood by it, refusing to #ExpelFidesz from the party group.

The @EPP president, @donaldtuskEPP, has even said an infamous Nazi legal expert would be “proud” of Orbán.

Yet he absurdly remains head of the European People's Party despite Fidesz’s membership.

So, they may be like Nazis, but they're our Nazis... 🤔 spiegel.de/international/…

Now we have this latest outrage: the lawlessness in Hungary's dictatorship is so bad, even Frontex won't work there.

But I will bet anyone that the European People's Party @EPP/@EPPGroup will continue to back Hungary's ruling party & not #ExpelFidesz.
euobserver.com/migration/1507…

The European People's Party @EPP/@EPPGroup simply has no principles - unless your consider support for the destruction of democracy in the EU a principle.

Recall also the new Nations in Transit 2020 democracy index from @FH_NIT a few weeks ago...

Hungary became the first country to "leave the group of democracies entirely".

@EPP/@EPPGroup backed Hungary's ruling party Fidesz as it destroyed democracy.

freedomhouse.org/report/nations…

The new @anticorruption index is out, showing Hungary one of the top decliners in recent years. Corruption and the destruction of rule of law go hand-in-hand, of course.

Hungary's ruling party & its corruption backed by the @EPP/@EPPGroup for years...

transparency.org/en/news/cpi-20…