Europe is at stake

The EP elections have a serious stake: Europe itself. Can we stop its decline, its devaluation in world politics, and can we put an end to EU corruption?

Brüsszel, 2023. június 20. Ursula von der Leyen, az Európai Bizottság elnöke a testület hetenkénti ülése utáni brüsszeli sajtóértekezleten 2023. június 20-án. MTI/EPA/Olivier Hoslet Fotó: Olivier Hoslet

The 2024 campaign will be dominated by the issues that have already defined our relationship with Brussels. These are the EU funds withheld from our country for political reasons, politically charged debates on the rule of law leading nowhere, democracy, corruption ­- one can start to put these words in quotation marks, even though they once had meaning. Other topics include migration, gender ideology that erodes families and the war - or peace - in Ukraine. If Judit Varga, the outgoing justice minister, leads Fidesz-KDNP's 2023 EP campaign, a politician who is well versed in all these issues will be at the forefront. As of now, there is no question that Fidesz will win this EP election, as it has won all the others so far. The question is whether its EU allies will also make a breakthrough ­- there are positive signs for that.

Cover photo: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, at a press conference after the weekly meeting of the body in Brussels on 20 June 2023 (Photo: MTI/EPA/Olivier Hoslet)