“Broad daylight theft”: MEPs demand von der Leyen punish Hungary over Ukraine

International Minister Andrii Sybiha has mentioned that 35 Members of the European Parliament have referred to as on European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen to impose penalties for Hungary over the seizure of Ukrainian cash-in-transit guards and the confiscation of Oschadbank funds.

Supply: Sybiha on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: The minister thanked the MEPs for expressing a "clear stance on Hungary's banditism". "Such a powerful assertion displays a principled European place in protection of the rule of regulation and our shared values," Sybiha commented.

In a letter to European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, the MEPs expressed "deep concern relating to the insupportable, unlawful, and provocative actions of the Hungarian authorities".

"We view this outrageous and hostile act in opposition to Ukraine – at present resisting Russian aggression whereas defending European values and freedoms and striving to satisfy the standards for EU membership – as a violation of excellent neighbourly relations. Such actions solid a damaging shadow over the complete European Union, as they fail to adjust to EU customs procedures and worldwide transport laws," the letter says.

The MEPs harassed that the behaviour of the Hungarian authorities and the Fidesz occasion, which has submitted a invoice on retroactively legalising the confiscation of Ukrainian belongings, "can solely be described as a daylight theft".

The deputies anticipate Ursula von der Leyen to take lively measures to return Oschadbank's cash and gold.

"We additionally anticipate the European Fee, below your management, to conduct a radical evaluation of the Hungarian authorities's actions, which symbolize an extra degradation of the rule of regulation and an escalation of lawlessness in Hungary. These actions should have clear and simply penalties," the MEPs wrote.

Background:

• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy beforehand referred to as Hungary's actions relating to Oschadbank cash-in-transit guards and funds banditry.
• The Ukraine's Nationwide Financial institution says that Hungary has begun worldwide blackmail of Ukraine.

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