this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2024
107 points (97.3% liked)

Europe

8484 readers
1 users here now

News/Interesting Stories/Beautiful Pictures from Europe 🇪🇺

(Current banner: Thunder mountain, Germany, 🇩🇪 ) Feel free to post submissions for banner pictures

Rules

(This list is obviously incomplete, but it will get expanded when necessary)

  1. Be nice to each other (e.g. No direct insults against each other);
  2. No racism, antisemitism, dehumanisation of minorities or glorification of National Socialism allowed;
  3. No posts linking to mis-information funded by foreign states or billionaires.

Also check out !yurop@lemm.ee

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
poVoq@slrpnk.net
107
Hungary: hundreds call for PM Orbán's resignation over child sex abuse pardon (www.euronews.com)
submitted 9 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de
7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Hungary's President Katalin Novák and former Justice Minister Judit Varga stepped down over the weekend after revelations a man who covered up child sexual abuses had been pardoned by the state.

Endre K, a former deputy director of a state-run children's home, was pardoned by President Novák last year ahead of a visit by Pope Francis. The pardon was made public earlier this February.

all 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Tja@programming.dev 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hundreds? I'm sure he'll step down right away...

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

depends what kind of hundreds. hundreds of peasants can be ignored.

hundreds of ministers cannot

[–] zaphod@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

hundreds of ~~ministers~~ oligarchs cannot

fixed that for you

[–] photoncollector@mastodon.social 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@0x815 Orban is a corrupt Russian Puppet. He has not a speck of morality. Hungary is not a Democracy; it is an Autocracy by Vote.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah the oligarchs around him would have to want him gone for him to go.

[–] Foni@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Whaaat? Why did they do that? Was it someone with contacts or something? Are they stupid and don't know who they are pardoning?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Budapest calling on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to step down, after a presidential pardon in a child sexual abuse case sparked outrage across the country.

Hungary's President Katalin Novák and former Justice Minister Judit Varga stepped down over the weekend after revelations a man who covered up child sexual abuses had been pardoned by the state.

Endre K, a former deputy director of a state-run children's home, was pardoned by President Novák last year ahead of a visit by Pope Francis.

An outspoken critic of Brussels, her downfall is seen as a setback to Orbán ahead of the ballot, where according to polls his party could increase its already impressive seat number from 13 to 14.

In a sign of potential unraveling within the ruling party, Péter Magyar, Varga's ex-husband and a close ally of the government, publicly denounced the country's political elite.

Orbán threatened to singlehandedly derail the EU's €50-billion aid package to Ukraine at a December summit, before rowing back on his threats in February.

The original article contains 423 words, the summary contains 176 words. Saved 58%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!