EU Boss: ‘Illiberal’ Poland and Hungary Must Accept ‘EU Values’ or Leave, ‘Nationalist’ Values ‘Racist’
by Liam Deacon The President of the European Parliament has told right-wing Hungary and Poland that they must accept liberal values or leave the bloc. Guy Verhofstadt, who is also the parliament’s Brexit spokesman and leads its largest liberal bloc, said there was “no place” in the European Union (EU) for nations who elected right-wing governments to create “illiberal societies”. “The European Union… was built to guarantee our citizens’ freedom, democracy and the rule of law. If the Hungarian and Polish governments want to build closed and illiberal societies, they must do it outside the EU,” he blasted Wednesday...
by Liam Deacon The President of the European Parliament has told right-wing Hungary and Poland that they must accept liberal values or leave the bloc. Guy Verhofstadt, who is also the parliament’s Brexit spokesman and leads its largest liberal...
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