Hungarian EU commissioner called for resignation by a dozen MEPs

The open letter was sent to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and presented by Politico, in which MEPs state quite precisely that "This is not the first time that Mr Várhelyi steps out of line and goes against inter-institutional rules", and recall that in the past he called MEPs "idiots" in an EP plenary session.

We no longer condone the offenses of Mr Várhelyi to the EU’s institutions and their democratic functioning. We therefore ask Commissioner Várhelyi to resign or for him to be relieved of his
duties,

the open letter reads. They point out that "the Commission needs to be exemplary in its democratic functioning.Commissioner Várhelyi’s actions undermine not only the image of our institutions, but the trustthat EU citizens put in the Commission."

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