Hungarian Revolution Anniversary and Political Prisoners

I must point out that on Friday we will commemorate the

seventieth anniversary of the nineteen fifty-six

Hungarian Revolution at a time when, once

again, there are political prisoners in Hungary.

In Hungary, an arbitrary regime is being established

and political opponents are being systematically

neutralized. All this while the EU

institutions are completely silent.

Through retroactive legislation, a large number of

opposition politicians have been stripped of their right to stand for

election.

The servers of the largest opposition party have been seized, and its

politicians are being subjected to, subjected to criminal

proceedings.

Most recently, a former state secretary, a mother of three, has been

imprisoned on the basis of utterly absurd charges.

It is a grave mistake to claim that the rule of law is being

restored in Hungary. In reality, an

arbitrary regime is being constructed, and that

evokes bad memories of the communist era of the

fifties.