Democrazia in Ungheria

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qui sotto trovate il testo di una lettera da inviare ad ambasciatore e console ungherese in Italia. Dobbiamo far sentire la nostra voce. La voce di tutti gli Attivisti Pse, anche di quelli italiani.

L'indirizzo e-mail dell'Ambasciata è: mission.rom@kum.hu

Consolato: konzulatus@tin.it
(Toscana, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicilia, Sardegna, San Marino, Malta)

Consolato: consung@tin.it
(Lombardia, Piemonte, Valle d'Aosta, Liguria, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Emilia Romagna e Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

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Your Excellency,

As an activist in European politics I am writing to you to inform you that Hungarian democracy is under siege. The actions of the conservative FIDESZ Government under Prime Minister Viktor Orban have resulted in an unprecedented attack on basic international democratic standards. It is an extraordinary thing to say in the year 2012, but the cold hard fact is that the European Union could now be said to include a non-democratic state as one of its members.

A new constitution has been in place in Hungary since 1 January 2012. It contains a set of provisions that are an attempt to institutionalise authoritarian rule. The measures have been, accurately, described as a ‘constitutional coup’. One cannot even talk of the problems in the Republic of Hungary, as the ‘republic’ no longer exists. Even the name of the country has been changed to reflect the growing emphasis on Hungarian nationalism.

I welcome the efforts of Hungarian opposition parties who staged a pro-democracy rally in the centre of Budapest on 2 January. The rally was in protest at the increasingly authoritarian measures of FIDESZ. In particular, reductions in judicial, media and central bank independence have severely damaged the democratic infrastructure of Hungary.

The Socialist Party MSZP, under the leadership of Attila Mesterhazy, is building a domestic coalition for democracy. The coalition is based on the most powerful force in any society - its people. The Party of European Socialists, of which I am an activist, is committed to ensuring support for this coalition. In Solidarity with the people of Hungary, I wish to add my voice to that of the coalition for democracy and help to create awareness here that the Hungarian Government of Viktor Orban is out of control.

The essential point is this: there does not seem to be any ‘end-point’ to the actions of FIDESZ. Their actions indicate a consistent and quickening slide towards authoritarian rule. Those responsible have not listened to rational requests and they have not heeded eloquent calls to respect democracy. Therefore the international community must look at more robust measures.

I call on you, as a representative of Hungary and its citizens abroad, to forward this message to Foreign Minister Martonyi and to ensure that Hungary returns once again to the democratic fold.

Yours Sincerely,