Poland & Hungary veto EU Budget

Earlier this week, Poland and Hungary rejected the $2.1 trillion seven-year EU budget that was set to provide economic relief for EU countries hardest hit by the effects of the Covid-19  virus, because so-called “rule of law” and "values" provisions was attached which would allow Brussels to deprive countries of funds for not following the establishment line.

 

Then a couple of members of the European Parliament from Sweden slammed Poland and Hungary and talked about the two conservative countries leaving the European Union after vetoing the bloc’s budget this week.

Helene Fritzon, head of the delegation for the Swedish Social Democrats in the European Parliament, said that Poland and Hungary Poland were playing an “ugly game” and stated, “They put the whole of the EU in a very serious position when they now signal that they intend to use their veto.”

Tomas Tobé, another MEP who is supposedly center-right told broadcaster Sveriges Radio, “We cannot budge now. If we fold now, then this has been established, then we basically say that it is OK to continue in this direction as we have seen from Hungary and Poland.”

Tobé went on to state that it was a question whether or not Poland and Hungary belong in the European Union.

The EU only view countries which let migrants in as those governed by the rule of law. Those who protect their borders cannot qualify as countries where rule of law prevails.

If this budget harboring other conditions gets adopted, there will be no more obstacles to tying member states’ share of common funds to supporting migration and use financial means to blackmail countries which oppose migration.