“The death penalty is incompatible with the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights on which the union is founded," a resolution adopted by the lawmakers reads.
Members of the European Parliament added that the intention to reinstate capital punishment contradicts cornerstone EU documents on human rights.
Moreover, lawmakers categorized the link drawn between migration and security threats during the Hungarian government’s public consultation on migration as “highly misleading, biased, and unbalanced.”
In April, eight million Hungarian citizens received a survey, in which one of the questions asked whether the mismanagement of the immigration issue by Brussels could lead to increased terrorism.
Orban strongly opposes the proposal of the European Commission, made earlier in May, to distribute migrants arriving to European shores throughout the 28 EU member states, based on their GDP, population size, unemployment rate and number of residents living in asylum.
On June 2, Hungary’s prime minister criticized EU migration policy, saying that the influx of migrants will irreversibly change European society.
