Immediately after President Juncker’s State of the Union address on 12 September, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will face an historic choice: to confront Hungary’s derailment from the path of respect for fundamental rights and freedoms on which EU member states have chosen to walk together, or to allow the EU to move away from this path with member states openly violating EU founding principles.

On 12 September, members of the European Parliament will be facing an historic choice: to confront Hungary’s derailment from the path of respect for fundamental rights and freedoms or to allow the EU to move further from this path, with member states openly violating the EU’s founding principles without consequences.

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