“You cannot pocket all the money but refuse the values,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warns #Poland.
"Here in Europe some want to install 'illiberal democracy', as if something like that could exist."
"Here in Europe some want to install 'illiberal democracy', as if something like that could exist."
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Belgian PM warns the European illiberal camp wants "the tyranny of the majority over the minority".
"This tyranny is exactly what's popping up in Europe today. Governments attacking the free press, denigrating Muslims and immigrants, denying fundamental rights to women & LGBTI"
"This tyranny is exactly what's popping up in Europe today. Governments attacking the free press, denigrating Muslims and immigrants, denying fundamental rights to women & LGBTI"
"Our European liberal democracy is exactly the opposite," the Belgian PM continues.
"It's about human decency, personal freedom, and allowing all people to live their lives freely and come together as one society. It is about the separation of powers"
"It's about human decency, personal freedom, and allowing all people to live their lives freely and come together as one society. It is about the separation of powers"
"A victory at the ballot box doesn't mean absolute power," Belgian PM warns #Hungary & #Poland.
"Independent courts enforcing civil liberties are a crucial part of democracy, because it is these courts that need to be strong enough to stand up against a tyrannic majority."
"Independent courts enforcing civil liberties are a crucial part of democracy, because it is these courts that need to be strong enough to stand up against a tyrannic majority."
"This is why the recent attack on the European Court of Justice is completely unacceptable," says the Belgian PM.
"European governments that are not willing to respect the ground rules of liberal democracy, they undermine all trust."
"European governments that are not willing to respect the ground rules of liberal democracy, they undermine all trust."
Belgian PM to Polish PM: "To those who give incendiary interviews and declare a new world war in the Financial Times, I want to say: you are playing a dangerous game."
"You are playing with fire when waging war with our European colleagues for internal political reasons"
"You are playing with fire when waging war with our European colleagues for internal political reasons"
"So what is the way out of this stalemate?" Belgian PM asks
"We shouldn't kick these countries out, as some suggest. We should call them out. We should not take their bait, but instead listen to message of the 100,000 Polish citizens who took to the streets carrying 🇵🇱&🇪🇺 flags"
"We shouldn't kick these countries out, as some suggest. We should call them out. We should not take their bait, but instead listen to message of the 100,000 Polish citizens who took to the streets carrying 🇵🇱&🇪🇺 flags"
"The European Council [national leaders] should not let the EU Court of Justice fight this fight on its own."
"We should avoid past mistakes, like we left the ECB to solve the debt crisis on its own. This is a fundamental political problem that needs to be solved politically".
"We should avoid past mistakes, like we left the ECB to solve the debt crisis on its own. This is a fundamental political problem that needs to be solved politically".
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