Comments on: Concern over State Control of the Media in Hungary 2011/01/18/concern-over-state-control-of-the-media-in-hungary/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Oxley 2011/01/18/concern-over-state-control-of-the-media-in-hungary/#comment-3825 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:02:28 +0000 ?p=13200#comment-3825 EU Commissioner Reding made a ‘song and dance’ about the illegal expulsion of the Roma people from France but it did not change anything, so I don’t know why I should be confident that EU Commissioner Kroes will be able to do anything about the Hungarian government’s appetite for state censorship.

What reason is there to be in a political union with these countries? Certainly not for economic advantage! France and Hungary are net average recipients of EU funding while the UK is a net average contributor to the EU’s ever growing coffers.

I am OK with my taxes been spent on useful things but I am not enthusiastic for them to spent on overtime for French policemen persecuting Roma people or for Hungarian censors preventing freedom of expression.

When John Major wasted my money on the infamous Cones Hotline at least it was just a waste of money – the EU wants to spend it on oppression.

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