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STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The European Commission on Tuesday supported a report by the European Parliament condemning Hungary for its human rights abuses and ill-treatment of Roma communities, while European legislators were debating the opportunity of the EU's parliamentarians. impose sanctions on Budapest.
"Democracy in our member states in our European Union can not exist without the rule of law and the respect of fundamental rights," said First Vice President of the European Executive Frans Timmermans in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
"Unfortunately, the Commission shares the concerns expressed in the report, in particular as regards fundamental rights, corruption, the treatment of the Roma and the independence of the judiciary," he said.
(Report by Alastair Macdonald, written by Robin Emmott, edited by Philip Blenkinsop)
