Opposition calls on Hungary to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office to better fight corrupti
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(23 Oct 2018) Opposition parties, commemorating the 62nd anniversary of Hungary's anti-Soviet revolution of 1956, on Tuesday called on the government to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office to fight against official corruption. Hundreds of opposition supporters held a rally in the centre of Budapest, waving European Union (EU) flags and listening to speeches by opposition leaders. Hungary and Poland are among the few countries in the EU which are refusing to join the prosecutor's office, which is expected to begin operating by late 2020, saying it would infringe on national sovereignty. Akos Hadhazy, an independent opposition lawmaker, hopes to gather one million signatures on a petition to put political pressure on Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government to join the prosecutor's office. For his part, Orban repeated his claims that the leadership of the European Union wants to create a "European empire" which would subjugate the continent's nation-states. Orban called on voters to reject globalism and support "the culture of patriotism" in the May 2019 European Parliament elections. Orban said that if immigration continues, "autochthonous Europeans" would become a minority and "terror will become part of life in large cities." Since 2015, Orban has made increasingly strict anti-immigration policies his principle political focus, which helped his Fidesz party win a third consecutive two-thirds majority in April's elections. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bdc69b0f5454925c6b59028a0145e240
