• Mateoto@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Lisbon Treaty doesn’t outline an official process for removing a member state from the EU, but there are various ways to stop European funds from flowing into Hungary. Hit them where it hurts the most and keep this corrupt regime out of Europe.

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      1 year ago

      That’s already happening as Western taxpayers understandably don’t want to subsidize Orbán’s corruption. But it seems to have the opposite effect of pulling Hungary back to the EU’s side.

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        1 year ago

        That’s up to the Hungarians. The EU can’t really force any member state to do anything and it definitely won’t “save them from themselves”.

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          1 year ago

          I agree, and even if it could I don’t think it should.

          But there also should be some kind of mechanism to deal with members whose interests no longer align with the rest of the EU.

          Not necessarily kicking them out or punishing them because they are out of line, but cutting funds seams reasonable. We get that money for specific reasons, and if they are not spent to meet those goals they should no longer be handed out.

    • Gamey@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      That’s already happening in the billions (a lot of it from the Corona help payments) but they are still here. Hungary continues to work against EU policies and interests and isn’t even a proper democracy anymore, we need a way to kick them out and keep it that way at least till the facist shit Orban is no more!