"Given its strong attachment to the fundamental values of the European Union, Luxembourg is very concerned about the Hungarian law on the protection of national sovereignty. In particular, Luxembourg regrets the persistent obstacles affecting the work of civil society organisations in Hungary and considers that the National Office for the Protection of National Sovereignty constitutes an additional threat to the civic space that is an integral part of any living democracy. Accordingly, on 18 February 2025, Luxembourg lodged its application with the Court of Justice to intervene and is now awaiting the decision of the president of the Court of Justice on whether to admit its intervention."

With these words, the prime minister, (CSV), and the minister for foreign affairs and foreign trade, (DP), replied to LSAP MPs and on Monday 24 February.

Until 27 February to give their opinion

The two MPs submitted the parliamentary question after the European Parliament announced last week that it was joining the legal action brought by the European Commission against Hungary on 3 October 2024.

The commission had announced that it would take Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to challenge the law on sovereignty, which it considers contrary to European law. In particular, it is accused of not respecting the Charter of Fundamental Rights and of being contrary to several fundamental European rights and values, such as privacy, freedom of expression and association, and the presumption of innocence.

The law would also infringe EU rules on the internal market, e-commerce, services and data protection.

According to the question put by the LSAP MPs, "Member states have until 27 February to submit their applications for accession to the procedure. Some member states, including the Czech Republic and Denmark, have already joined the legal action."

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