By not condemning the politician who keeps lists of homosexuals and Jews and represents fascists, the Commissioner For European Values is in fact supporting him with her silence. V4NA has turned to party groups in the European Parliament to inquire whether they consider it acceptable that their member parties have lined up behind a prime ministerial candidate who has been embroiled in a scandal for his anti-Semitic and homophobic comments.

„Liberals, communists, conservatives and fascists, we represent them separately in the alliance.”

As V4NA reported, the announcement of the Hungarian left’s joint prime ministerial candidate has recently provoked a huge scandal. At a street forum, Peter Marki-Zay stated that the fascists and the communists had a separate representation in the left-wing election alliance.

„Everyone can keep their own worldview,” he added.

On the following day,

Marki-Zay lied in a Facebook post, denying having said what he had even though his remarks were recorded on camera.

After failing to successfully deny his utterance, he attempted to explain himself again in an interview on Tuesday.

It has also turned out in recent weeks that Marki-Zay makes lists of Jewish people whether by religion or descent, and also keeps lists of those who are non-heterosexual who do not share his opinion. He himself declared that he knew how many Jews and gay people are in the ranks of the ruling party Fidesz. He has said several times, inlcluding in a Facebook post and a video that “there are more gay people in Fidesz than in any other party.” Regarding those of Jewish descent, he said that “Fidesz also has some Jews, though not very many.”

The practice of cataloguing individuals based on various criteria is not without precedent in the leftist coalition. Earlier, a Jobbik MEP wanted to make a list of MPs of Jewish origin in the Hungarian National Assembly.

Marton Gyongyosi said at the time,

“It is high time, in the context of such a conflict, to assess how many people of Jewish origin live here, and especially how many are in the Hungarian Parliament and government, who pose a certain national security risk to Hungary.”

Silence is complicity

We have sent an inquiry to European Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova, Commissioner for European Values and Transparency, asking if she was concerned that the Hungarian left represents values that are incompatible with European values.

Ms Jourova, who regularly expresses her concerns about the rule of law in Poland and Hungary, is now deafeningly silent.

The political groups in the European Parliament did not speak out on the matter either, so V4NA wrote to the leaders of Renew Europe and S&D.

We inquired whether the fact that they did not distance themselves from Marki-Zay’s statements could be interpreted as support for a fascist and communist alliance.

But they have not condemned Marki-Zay’s homophobic and anti-Semitic statements, so the question arises whether the Renew Europe and S&D groups condone the existence of anti-Semitic and homophobic politicians in Hungary or any other European country.