Hungary can no longer be considered a democracy - European Parliament. Espreso

This is stated in the message of the European Parliament.

The European Parliament condemned the "deliberate and systematic efforts of the Hungarian government" to undermine European values.

The lack of decisive action by the EU has contributed to the emergence of a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy", that is, a constitutional system in which elections are held, but there is no respect for democratic norms and standards, MEPs say.

The report, adopted on Thursday with 433 votes in favor, 123 against, and 28 abstentions, builds on a report by which the European Parliament launched an Article 7 procedure in 2018 to review developments in 12 areas of concern to Parliament.

"The conclusions of this report are clear and irrevocable: Hungary is not a democracy. It was more urgent than ever for the Parliament to take this position, given the alarming pace at which the rule of law is receding in Hungary," Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, the European Parliament's rapporteur on the situation in Hungary, said. 

The European Parliament regretted the failure of the Council of the EU to make significant progress in the fight against Hungary's departure from democracy and said that further delay would mean a violation of the principle of the rule of law by the Council itself.

Members of the European Parliament called on the European Commission to fully use all the tools at its disposal and, in particular, to limit the financing of Hungary from the EU budget.