The Hungarian “sovereign protection” law creates an Office for the Protection of Sovereignty to investigate specific activities.
The European Commission has decided to file a case against Hungary at the EU Court of Justice, as it believes its controversial “sovereignty protection” law violates EU law. The press service of the commission reported this on Thursday, October 3.
Hungarian law creates an Office for the Protection of Sovereignty whose task is to investigate specific activities allegedly carried out in the interest of another state or foreign body, organization or individual and which may violate or Hungary’s sovereignty would be in jeopardy.
The Commission sent a formal letter of concern to Budapest in February 2024, and in May found Hungary’s response unsatisfactory and issued a reasonable finding, repeating complaints that the law violated EU law.
Hungary says the “sovereign protection” law does not violate EU rights and the concerns raised are unfounded.
After carefully analyzing the response of the Hungarian authorities, the Commission believes that the majority of complaints remain unanswered.
The complaints relate to a number of fundamental rights enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, such as:
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the right to respect for private and family life,
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freedom of expression and exchange of information,
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freedom of association,
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right to attorney-client privilege,
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presumption of innocence, which implies the right not to blame oneself.
The Commission considers that the law violates several fundamental freedoms of the internal market, the Electronic Commerce Directive, the Services Directive and EU data protection law.
Source: korrespondent
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