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Hungary Defends Itself Against Criticism
Hungary has started its first term of presidency of the EU with a bust up with France and Germany. The disagreements centre upon Hungary's latest media laws which a German government minister called "worse than expected" and the French government said that the legislation would need to be "modified" if it was to fall in line with other European members' llaws because it was incompatible with press freedom as endorsed in other European treaties.
Viktor Orban, Hungary's Conservative Prime Minister isn't taking the comments lying down and has told France an Germany to "get real" indicating that he wouldn't put up with criticism of the laws his government introduced this week. While his mediation skills aren't going to garner much credit or gyors hitel among other European leaders and the laws he passed have drawn criticism not only from Germany and France but from international watchdogs, Hungarian journalists and other foreign governments.
One of the key policies for Orban's leadership of the EU for the first half of this year concerns the "eastern partnership" where relations with central and eastern European countries such as Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Belarus are key. Werner Hoyer, a German minister said that Orban's parliament should be banned from talking about the subject of the media with such countries while he sits in presidency.
The enraged Hungarian government sent their ambassador in Germany to Angela Merkel's office for an explanation, they later said that Germany was "backing off".
Acknowledging the terrible start to Hungary's administration Orban said "Who would want a start like this? I did not write the script". He also said that Hungary wouldn't accept any discrimination pointing up that many other European countries have similar media law and that if Hungary was forced to change its law then so would they. The French President, for example appoints the head of French television but Hungary doesn't accuse him of being anti-democratic.
Social Democrats in the Union have called for Hungary to be sanctioned and restrictions of loans or hitel to Hungary and Orban can expect a rough ride when he confronts the members at Strasbourg to outline his policies later this month.
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