• @[email protected]
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    9811 months ago

    Article 7 suspends their voting rights. Requires unanimity of all other EU members.

    It’s the closest EU charter allows to evicting a member state. It effectively suspends the state’s membership.

    Quite frankly the should have. Orban is a blatantly corrupt Putin lapdog who has been siphoning EU funds for years into his own pocket and that of his cronies.

    • @[email protected]
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      2511 months ago

      Hungary used to have a mutual defence pact with PiS-era Poland that scuppered any attempts by the EU to discipline either country. Not that PiS are no longer in power in Poland, hasn’t Fico’s Slovakia stepped into the role?

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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        2011 months ago

        Nope, because Orban’s party denies the legitimacy of Slovakia as an independent state via their grievance culture over the Treaty of Trianon

        • @[email protected]
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          111 months ago

          Fico and other similar politicians are still great friends with orban. Even the Slovak National Party, which is ironic because they were incredibly anti-hungrian bck in the day. But sharing dream of totalitarian country unites.

          I bet Putin would lovento get us back into Russian sphere of influence as well and yet Fico and co. still lick his boots.

        • @Eatspancakes84
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          011 months ago

          This is exactly why nationalism is such a huge problem in Europe. The key idea behind the various nationalist platforms is to never accept compromise when dealing with other nations (muh sovereignty!!). Can’t see how this will not result in war, unless voters change their mind.

          • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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            111 months ago

            Slovakia is a NATO state and if Orban tried invading Poland alone would probably have him in a wagon on the way to the Hague before America was even ready to fully deploy.

    • no banana
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      711 months ago

      Have we ever been that close to taking them? I’m assuming he was warned and informed that next time it will happen.

        • @[email protected]
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          1011 months ago

          Slovakia and The Netherlands are the new wild cards. We’ll see how things shake out.

          • Vincent
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            111 months ago

            Slovakia, I don’t know, but the Netherlands not really. The one party that might want to veto it, while the biggest in parliament, only (“only”) got 20% of the votes. If they get to govern (which is not set in stone yet), they’ll have to do so in a coalition with other parties who would not let that happen.

          • @[email protected]
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            -111 months ago

            And Italy, why are we left out? 🤌🤌🤌 Italy is part of the “family” too, with the Nederlands, Slovakia, Hungary… and the UK of course!

            • 520
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              911 months ago

              The UK isn’t in any EU discussions any more…

            • no banana
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              My impression of Meloni is that she values the EU?

              Edit: not melon lol

              • @ShroOmeric
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                511 months ago

                She does, she isn’t doing anything like that.

                • no banana
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                  211 months ago

                  Yeah, I get that people outside Italy were worried when she was elected (I was too) but I’ve not seen any real controversial EU policy from her government. That’s from outside though.

                  • @ShroOmeric
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                    211 months ago

                    She immediately reassured european partners, also stood with Ukraine since day one: not obviois on that side of the parliament. So yeah, could have been worse…