{"id":1785852,"date":"2022-12-24T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1785852"},"modified":"2022-12-24T10:04:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T15:04:26","slug":"hungarys-viktor-orban-calls-for-eu-parliament-to-be-abolished-in-wake-of-qatargate-corruption-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungarys-viktor-orban-calls-for-eu-parliament-to-be-abolished-in-wake-of-qatargate-corruption-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary\u2019s Viktor Orb\u00e1n Calls for EU Parliament to Be Abolished in Wake of Qatargate Corruption Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhungarys-viktor-orban-calls-for-eu-parliament-to-be-abolished-in-wake-of-qatargate-corruption-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1785852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1245762911-2-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n called for the dissolution of the European Parliament after it was alleged that leading leftist parliamentarians took bribes from the Sharia state of Qatar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The growing corruption scandal at the heart of the European Union, in which former European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili, among others, was arrested by Belgian police for allegedly accepting cash from Qatar in return for advocating for the Islamist Kingdom\u2019s interests in Brussels should result in reforms to EU institutions,\u00a0Viktor Orb\u00e1n argued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In a press conference from Budapest on Wednesday, the populist Hungarian leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg.hu\/kozelet\/2022\/12\/orban-viktor-szerint-megerett-a-helyzet-az-europai-parlament-megreformalasa\">said<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cWe have disputes with the European institutions, and we want to transform them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the fact that they lose their credibility, that this hypocritical character \u2013 well known to us by the way \u2013 comes to the surface, this destroys the strength of the community to which we also belong\u201d, Orb\u00e1n said, declaring:\u00a0\u201cHungarians want to abolish the European Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"a8d-pre twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/2 The recent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a> scandal is revealing. The EP\u2019s anti-corruption safeguards have failed miserably. If we want to restore public trust, it\u2019s time to abolish the European Parliament. Our solution: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fxHQpmJUZR\">pic.twitter.com\/fxHQpmJUZR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orb\u00e1n Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PM_ViktorOrban\/status\/1605861586270228480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The prime minister argued that rather than having direct elections for MEPs (Members of European Parliament), the body should be comprised of representatives sent by national parliaments from individual member states, claiming that national parliaments are better suited at policing their members than the European body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we want to bring the European Parliament under stronger control as an institution, then\u00a0it would be better if we sent representatives elected to the national parliament instead of direct election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Brexit leader Nigel Farage made similar criticisms of the EU Parliament, noting that in contrast to the UK Parliament, which only grants criminal immunity to its members for statements they make in the House of Commons, the European Parliament provides protection for its members anywhere as long as they are allegedly acting as an MEP, which Farage said gives them the feeling of having \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/12\/22\/eu-chief-admits-qatar-corruption-scandal-is-damaging-blocs-credibility\/\">untouchable<\/a>\u201d status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is that the EU bigwigs have constructed a body of politicians and bureaucrats who make up what is, in effect, a separate class,\u201d Farage said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"a8d-pre twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EU Chief Admits Qatar Corruption Scandal is \u2018Damaging\u2019 Bloc\u2019s Credibility<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WE7HRhFWFI\">https:\/\/t.co\/WE7HRhFWFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1605960571546992641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mr\u00a0Orb\u00e1n was also not alone in saying that the widening corruption scandal has damaged the credibility of European Union institutions, with European Council President Charles Michel saying this week that\u00a0Qatargate is \u201cdramatic and damaging for the credibility of the European Union\u201d and that it threatens to destabilise the bloc to such an extent that it could even result in the \u201cfragmentation\u201d of the single market.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal, which has seen police discover literal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/qatargate-top-leftist-euro-mep-admits-she-asked-dad-to-hide-cash\/\">suitcases full of cash<\/a>, has reportedly widened to such an extent that up to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/12\/16\/up-to-60-meps-may-be-involved-in-eu-corruption-scandal\/\">60 other members of the European Parliament<\/a>\u00a0are currently believed to be under investigation for being connected to the bribery scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative leader of Hungary, who was reelected in April of this year, has frequently found himself at odds with the EU establishment in Brussels. Over the past year, the bloc has been holding back Hungary\u2019s full share of EU funding, allegedly over so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/09\/16\/foaming-at-the-mouth-european-parliament-declares-hungary-no-longer-a-democracy\/\">rule of law<\/a>\u201d concerns. Yet, others have surmised that it is in fact a punishment for\u00a0Orb\u00e1n breaking with the EU on Russian sanctions, which he believes would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/05\/16\/orban-blocking-eu-ban-russian-oil-like-dropping-nuclear-bomb-hungarian-economy\/\">disproportionately damage his country\u2019s economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n has also clashed with the neo-liberal establishment in Brussels on cultural issues, with eurocrats breathlessly condemning the central European nation for banning teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/05\/31\/exclusive-hungary-will-not-allow-ideology-of-gender-madness-schools-justice-minister\/\">transgender ideology to children<\/a>\u00a0as well as its refusal to fall in line with the Germany-led initiative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/09\/24\/eu-trying-cram-mandatory-migrant-quotas-down-throats-european-countries\/\">impose migrant quotas<\/a> across all member states.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"a8d-pre twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh No! With EU Corruption Scandal Revealed, Concern That Right-Populists May Talk About it to Voters<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IX5IGbht5K\">https:\/\/t.co\/IX5IGbht5K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1603042132075417604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n called for the dissolution of the European Parliament after it was alleged that leading leftist parliamentarians took bribes from the Sharia state of Qatar. 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