Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "'We will not give up': Weber defiant despite Hungary-Poland veto of EU's €1.8 tr budget package" video.

  1. Weber's CDU/CSU received 10,794,042 votes in the 2019 European elections, or 28.9% of the total number of votes cast. The joke is on you -- in case you couldn't figure it out by yourself.
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  2.  @the_white_rabbit  You have exposed yourself as a political dilettante -- or to put it in terms you'll understand, you're a n00b in international politics. Unlike the US (and to a somewhat lesser extent, the UK), Germany is not a duopoly where you have republicunts and demonrats effectively splitting the vote among themselves. It's a true multiparty democracy, where 28.9% is a solid result, the best one out of a total of six parties, in fact. I know that in your Fascist dreams, an outcome of 100% is preferrable, but then we're no longer talking about a democracy.
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  3.  @the_white_rabbit  Firstly, where did I call you a Yank? However, you wouldn't be the first impressionable youngster who's more familiar with US elections than his own. Secondly, how's Hungary relevant here? This is about Weber and European elections in Germany. Judging from your knee-jerk reaction, you have no clue about how these things work in Germany. Thirdly, you think Fidesz' majority is somehow flattering for Hungary? On the contrary, it's a sure sign of an undeveloped democracy, regardless of what Fidesz stands for, which, incidentally, isn't very flattering either. Fourthly, Hungary ranks as a "flawed democracy" in the Democracy Index and scores poorly in the Free Press Index. I happen to have three European nationalities and by virtue of these I'm thrice better off than you on both accounts. You really have no clue.
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  4.  @nyali2  Try googling "Democracy Index" and "Hungary". I hope you're not Hungarian, because it makes for embarrassing reading.
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  5. ​ @nyali2  OK, you're the lazy type, or the EIU's conclusions are just too painful for you to confront. Here are some choice excerpts: "The Democracy Index compiled by the EIU is based on five categories: the electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture.” "Based on the overall score, the democracy index of Hungary has been continuously deteriorating since 2011, the last time when Hungary achieved a score above 7. In 2016, Hungaryʼs score reached 6.72, and last year it shrank further to 6.64, placing it in 56th position together with Lesotho, below Colombia (53rd), and just above Croatia (58th)." "However, two Visegrád countries, Hungary and Poland, score only 6 for media freedom, ranking them in joint 71st place, having experienced a significant deterioration in their media scores over the past year and more." "The EIU finds a similar pattern of heavy-handed state interference in the media evident in Hungary in recent years, where the government, led by the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has been consolidating its control over the media since taking power in 2010. It has overseen the sale of several media outlets to new owners who appear to have close government ties, notes the report. In addition, the closure and subsequent sale of Népszabadság, one of Hungary’s oldest and most respected newspapers, revealed the government’s intolerance of a critical press [...]"
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  6.  @nyali2  Read EIU's report. I'm not going to quote it in its entirety, just because you're lazy. Would there happen to be a similar comparative study that does, in your view, justice to Hungary's democratic credentials? Or is it all a giant conspiracy? Let's hear it.
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