
We strongly reject the European Parliament’s attempt to interfere – letter to the European Commission
2023. 05. 31.
MEPs have sent the following letter to the European Commission’s President and Commissioners:
TO:
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission
Věra Jourová
Vice-President of the European Commission
Johannes Hahn
European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
Didier Reynders
European Commissioner for Justice
Brussels, 31 May 2023
Dear Madam President,
Dear Madam Vice-President,
Dear Commissioners,
Recently, the leaders of five political groups in the European Parliament wrote to you, once again expressing their concern about certain legislative developments in Hungary, alleging serious untruths. In their letter, they expressed their political expectation that the European Commission should not, under any circumstances grant Hungary access to the resources of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), citing certain planned legislative amendments in Hungary as a pretext.
Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation 2020/2092/EU on the general conditionality for the protection of the EU budget, the European Commission has the obligation only to inform the European Parliament of any measures proposed, adopted or lifted, therefore the demand of the European Parliament’s political group leaders cannot in any way be interpreted as part of the conditionality procedure.
Legal certainty and the predictable functioning of the institutions are among the most important requirements of the rule of law. Interference by the political group leaders of the European Parliament in a matter outside their remit thus jeopardises the application of these general principles of law.
We firmly call on the European Commission to abide by the procedural rules laid down in the Regulation and reject the European Parliament’s attempt to interfere, which seeks to influence the European Commission to make a decision in line with its political position.
Yours sincerely,
Members of the European Parliament:
AGUILAR Mazaly, ECR
ANDROUËT Mathilde, ID
ANNEMANS Gerolf, ID
BARDELLA Jordan, ID
BAY Nicolas, NI
BEIGNEUX Aurélia, ID
BERLATO Sergio, ECR
BILDE Dominique, ID
BOCSKOR Andrea, NI
BRUNA Annika, ID
BUXADÉ VILLALBA Jorge, ECR
CAMPOMENOSI Marco, ID
CHAGNON Patricia, ID
DAUCHY Marie, IDF
DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Margarita, ECR
DELI Andor, NI
DEUTSCH Tamás, NI
FIDANZA Carlo, ECR
FIOCCHI, Pietro ECR
GÁL Kinga, NI
GARRAUD Jean-Paul, ID
GRANT Valentino, ID
GRISET Catherine, ID
GYŐRI Enikő, NI
GYÜRK András, NI
HAIDER Roman, ID
HIDVÉGHI Balázs, NI
HÖLVÉNYI György, EPP
ILČIĆ Ladislav, ECR
JAKI Patryk, ECR
JALKH Jean-François, ID
JAMET France, ID
JÁRÓKA Lívia, NI
JORON Virginie, ID
KARSKI Karol, ECR
KÓSA Ádám, NI
KRUK Elzbieta, ECR
KUŹMIUK Zbigniew, ECR
LACAPELLE Jean-Lin, ID
LEBRETON Gilles, ID
LEGUTKO Ryszard Antoni, ECR
MARIANI Thierry, ID
MAYER Georg, ID
MAZUREK Beata, ECR
MILAZZO Giuseppe, ECR
MINARDI Eric, ID
NESCI Denis, ECR
OLIVIER Philippe, ID
PROCACCINI Nicola, ECR
ROOS Robert, ECR
ROUGÉ André, ID
SCHALLER-BAROSS Ernő, NI
SOFO Vincenzo, ECR
STANCANELLI Raffaele, ECR
SZYDŁO Beata, ECR
TERHEŞ Cristian, ECR
TERTSCH Hermann, ECR
TOMASZEWSKI Waldemar, ECR
TÓTH Edina, NI
TRÓCSÁNYI László, NI
VANDENDRIESSCHE Tom, ID
VILIMSKY Harald, ID
VINCZE Lóránt, EPP
WINKLER Iuliu, EPP
ZALEWSKA Anna, ECR
ZLOTOWSKI Kosma, ECR
ZVER Milan, EPP