News archive of June 2023
Democracy Digest: Hungarian Justice Minister, In Charge of EU Negotiations, In Shock Resignation
Evidently, Varga could not convince the EU Commission that Hungary has made enough progress and her resignation could be a sign that PM Vikor Orban has lost confidence in her. However, other factors might be in the background. The Justice Ministry was rocked by a major corruption and money-laundering scandal, as Varga's state secretary was selling lucrative bailiff positions for money.
PM: Europe obliged to deal with migration
Europe has an obligation to deal with the migration problem as it concerns the entire continent, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted on his arrival in Brussels for the European summit on Thursday.
"Undoubtedly, the most important item on the agenda of the European Council concerns European policy on migration and asylum issues," he said.
The paradoxes of the ballot box
The first question after this year's elections is where did Zoe Konstantopoulou, leader of Plefsi Eleftherias, or Course of Freedom, find the extra 90,000 votes in the May general elections? In the previous elections in 2019, 82,786 voters (1.47%) chose Course of Freedom; in May this year it jumped to 170,424 votes (2.89%); and in June it got 165,210 (3.17%).