Orban's remarks came after Eva Kaili, a Greek politician who served as one of the European Parliament's vice presidents, was arrested and charged this month with corruption for receiving bribes from Qatar.
"The Hungarians would like for the European Parliament to be dissolved in its current form," he said at a press conference in Budapest.
Orban argued that the scandal "draws attention to the fact that national parliaments have a stronger control system in place," adding that legislators from the parliaments of member states should be delegated to the European Parliament, as opposed to being elected separately.
"And they obviously know our political position: the swamp must be drained," the prime minister said.
Comment: Echoing the words of his friend, former President Donald Trump.
Budapest has repeatedly clashed with the European Parliament and other EU institutions over a number of issues, including migration and LGBTQ rights. Brussels, in turn, accused Orban's conservative government of eroding the rule of law at home.
Hungary, whose economy heavily depends on Russian energy imports, has also criticized the EU sanctions imposed on Moscow in response to the military operation in Ukraine, which was launched in late February. Unlike many of the bloc's member states, Orban has refused to send weapons to Kiev.
"If it were up to us, there would not be a sanctions policy," Orban said on Wednesday. "It is not in our interest to permanently divide the European and Russian economies into two, so we are trying to save what can be saved from our economic cooperation with the Russians."
Reader Comments
It is necessary to introduce clear, unequivocal accountability to the EU leadership via forcing them to be elected (and subject to being removed), either by elected MEPs or by the leadership of the member states. Further, the limits of their powers need to be explicitly defined and there needs to be a simple and effective method to remove any EU official that attempts to act beyond the scope of their defined powers.
If you aren't accountable, i.e you don't pay your bills, then you are evicted from your home. So be it for these crime families.
Duh ya think ?
I don’t know one person alive who would allow/favor/agree with/continue to support any crew that ran any ship over the edge of madness.
Just getting more obvious