.@vonderleyen makes a big pitch on the rule of law, standing next to @JJansaSDS, emphasising the need for a free, independent and well funded media - a not so subtle reference to the Slovenian pm who has personally attacked journalists and withheld funding from independent media
In response to the LGBTI law in Hungary, Jansa says: If you think that an EU consisting of 27 member states will within a couple of years or decades become a melting pot in which we all think alike, you should think again, because this kind of thinking would be highly idealistic.
VDL replies: "The right of parents to educate their children was not disputed [at the EUCO]. The question was how the amendments of existing [Hungarian] laws discriminate against minorities.
"...Here we are very clear, the protection of minorities is one of the founding principles [of the EU], this is what is disputed, therefore the Commission as guardian of the treaty is going into a letter of formal notice" on the Hungarian law
In response to that, Jansa says: The rule of law is the basis of European civilization, without it it doesn’t exist. If there are disputes the courts will decide.
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