The European Parliament adopted its second interim report on Hungary’s persistent breaches of the rule of law, voting 415 in favour, 193 against and 28 abstentions. The report reviews 12 areas of concern, including the electoral system, judicial independence and corruption. MEPs warned that Hungary’s Supreme Court has revisited EU Court of Justice judgments before applying them, threatened judicial independence, and has systematically refused to implement European Court of Human Rights rulings. They highlighted links between corruption and electoral integrity, obstacles faced by the anti‑corruption body and risks to EU cohesion funds. The report also condemned the weakening of the national judicial council, threats to academic freedom, state advertising to pro‑government outlets and a de facto ban on Pride marches. MEPs expressed alarm over unlabelled AI‑generated political content, deep‑fake videos linked to the prime minister’s party, and called for sanctions under Article 7.
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