“Today, the Council of the EU is holding hearings on the rule of law in Hungary.
This is the fourth hearing.
On behalf of the European Commission, I can say that there is no progress.
On the contrary, there were new retreats.
In particular, legislation on the protection of children, in which we see discrimination against the LGBT community,” the European official told reporters.
He noted "problems in the field of the independence of the judiciary and the use of spyware" by the Hungarian authorities, writes RIA Novosti.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said earlier that Brussels is abusing its power in the European Union and imposing its ideology on countries.
According to him, the cultural distance between Brussels and Budapest is increasing.
As the politician noted, Hungary wants to give others hope that the Christian outlook on life, patriotism, national pride is "not the past, but the future."
In June 2021, the European Commission asked the Hungarian Ministry of Justice to clarify the law restricting the dissemination of materials about homosexuality and gender reassignment among minors.
The letter to the Hungarian authorities was published by European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders.