"What is going on in Hungary today is a classical example of establishing an authoritarian state. It’s a situation that we haven’t seen since the fall down of the Soviet Union, which perhaps explains the incredible absence of reaction of the European governments. The Hungarian constitutional reform openly violates the values of freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, human rights (and I’m not speaking only about the Roma threatened in the Parliament itself), which are the fundamental values of the EU, as the Chart of Fundamental Rights to which Orban gave a kick in the butt. MEPs should urge the Council to apply the Article 7 of the EU Treaty in order to suspense Hungary’s voting rights in the Council. Otherwise we will be able to really affirm this time that the European Union does not exist anymore." - PascalM