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EU Votes to Rebuke Hungary’s Orban

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09/12/2018

09/12/2018

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EU Votes to Rebuke Hungary’s Orban

Top News: European Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday to reprimand the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The EU criticized Orban for pursuing anti-democratic reforms and began a so-called Article 7 proceeding against Hungary, which could lead to the suspension of the country’s EU voting rights.

By a vote of 448 to 197, European lawmakers backed a report that accuses Orban of undermining the rule of law, threatening press freedoms, and backing attacks on minorities.

Orban defended his record before EU lawmakers and called the proceedings against his country “blackmail.”

Election meddling: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday empowering the White House to level sanctions against foreign companies and individuals that attempt to interfere in U.S. elections.

AFRICA

•  A cholera outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare left 20 people dead, as the government declared a state of emergency.

•  South Africa saw a 7 percent increase in the murder rate in the last year.

•  Ethiopia and Eritrea reopened two border crossings after two decades of war, the latest sign of warming relations between the two estranged neighbors.

AMERICAS

•  Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said negotiators between Canada and the United States had made major progress on striking a trade agreement.

•  The jailed former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will not stand in next month’s elections.

•  Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate who was stabbed last week, will require additional surgery.

ASIA

•  A suicide bombing in Nangarhar, in eastern Afghanistan, killed 68 people and wounded over 160.

•  Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend next week’s opening of the United Nations General Assembly following heightened criticism of her government’s treatment of the country’s Rohingya minority.

•  Following reports that the Trump administration is considering sanctioning Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses in Xinjiang region, China demanded the United States abandon its “prejudice” regarding the region.

MIDDLE EAST

•  U.S.-backed forces in Syria began a ground assault against what is believed to be the last outpost of Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria.

•  After peace talks broke down, Saudi Arabia renewed its effort to reclaim Hodeidah, a port city in Yemen, from Houthi rebels.

•  A barrage of rockets caused Libya’s only functioning international airport, in Tripoli, to divert flights.

EUROPE

•  According to the BBC, a group of about 50 pro-Brexit Tory lawmakers met to discuss ways to oust their party’s leader, Prime Minister Theresa May, from office. (A leadership vote would be triggered if 15 percent of Tories in parliament—or 48 members—demand a vote of no-confidence.)

•  Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country is aware of the real identity of two men accused by Britain of poisoning a former Russian spy and that the two men are civilians.

•  European lawmakers approved a controversial copyright reform package.

- By Elias Groll

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