Commission registers European Citizens' Initiative on EU fundamental values in Hungary

The European Commission has today registered a European Citizens Initiative (ECI), entitled 'Wake up Europe ! Agir pour préserver le projet démocratique européen', inviting the Commission to propose to trigger Article 7 of the Treaty for alleged breaches of the EU's fundamental values by Hungary.

The Commission's decision to register concerns only the legal admissibility of the proposal. The conditions for admissibility, as foreseen by the ECI Regulation, are that the proposed action does not manifestly fall outside the framework of the Commission's powers to submit a proposal for a legal act, that it is not manifestly abusive, frivolous or vexatious and that it is not manifestly contrary to the values of the Union.

The College of Commissioners discussed the legal admissibility of the proposed ECI and concluded that the legal conditions for the registration of the ECI were fulfilled. The College has not analysed the substance of the initiative at this stage.