Turkish accession termination
The European Parliament voted last week
to terminate the process of the accession of Turkey into the European
Union. The once-secular and free Turkey
has become Islamist and increasingly authoritarian, which makes it incompatible
with EU ideals.
European People’s Party suspension of Fidesz
The European People’s Party (EPP),
the main center-right EU Parliamentary Group, voted last week to suspend indefinitely Fidesz,
the ruling Hungarian party, because of its lack of faithfulness to the EPP’s
ideals of liberty and representative government. Hungary has become illiberal,
especially in its restriction of freedom of the press and intolerance of non-governmental
organizations while pro-government businesses are favored. Its Government has closed a university and launched
an anti-EU campaign. Although few people
migrate to or seek refugee in Hungary ,
the Hungarian Government is the strongest opponent to the EU’s migration
policy. In an agreement between the EPP
and Fidesz, a commission will be appointed to mediate the differences between
them.
Egyptian murder case lack of cooperation
The European Parliament this week cited the lack
of adequate cooperation from Egypt
in solving the case of an Italian student who was tortured and murdered there
two years ago. The authoritarian
Egyptian regime is suspected.
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